conjure

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conjure /ˈkʌndʒə/

▶verb

• 1 (often conjure something up) call upon (a spirit) to appear by means of a magic ritual.

  ■ cause to appear as if by magic.

  ■ call to the mind.

• 2 /kənˈdʒʊə/ archaic implore (someone) to do something.

– phrases
a name to conjure with a name of great importance within a particular field.

– derivatives
conjuration /ˌkʌndʒəˈreɪʃ(ə)n, ˌkɒndʒʊ(ə)-/ noun,
conjuring noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. conjurer ‘to plot or exorcize’, from L. conjurare ‘band together by an oath, conspire’ (in med. L. ‘invoke’), from con- ‘together’ + jurare ‘swear’.