Definitions for: Conjure


[v] engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government"
[v] ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
[v] evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"



Webster (1913) Definition: Con*jure" (k[o^]n*j[=u]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Conjured (-j[=u]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Conjuring.] [F.
conjurer, fr. L. conjurare to swear together, to conspire;
con- + jurare to swear. See Jury.]
To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to
implore earnestly; to adjure.

I conjure you, let him know, Whate'er was done against
him, Cato did it. --Addison.


Con*jure", v. i.
To combine together by an oath; to conspire; to confederate.
[A Latinism]

Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons Conjured
against the Highest. --Milton.


Con"jure, v. t.
To affect or effect by conjuration; to call forth or send
away by magic arts; to excite or alter, as if by magic or by
the aid of supernatural powers.

The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the
devil into. --Shak.

To conjure up, or make visible, as a spirit, by magic arts;
hence, to invent; as, to conjure up a story; to conjure up
alarms.


Con"jure, v. i.
To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to
juggle; to charm.

She conjures; away with her. --Shak.

Synonyms: adjure, arouse, beseech, bid, bring up, cabal, call down, call forth, complot, conjure up, conspire, entreat, evoke, invoke, machinate, press, put forward, raise, stir

See Also: coconspire, create, make, plead, plot

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