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conjure
English
Etymology
From Middle English conjuren, from Old French conjurer, from Latin coni?r? (“I swear together; conspire”), from con- (“with, together”) + i?ro (“I swear or take an oath”).
Pronunciation
- Senses relating to magic tricks and imagination:
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?nd???(?)/, /?k?nd???(?)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?nd????/
- Rhymes: -?nd??(?), -?nd??(?)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?nd???(?)/, /?k?nd???(?)/
- Senses relating to religious or solemn actions:
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?n?d????(?)/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?n?d????(?)/
Verb
conjure (third-person singular simple present conjures, present participle conjuring, simple past and past participle conjured)
- (intransitive) To perform magic tricks.
- He started conjuring at the age of 15, and is now a famous stage magician.
- (transitive) To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.
- (intransitive, archaic) To practice black magic.
- (transitive, archaic) To enchant or bewitch.
- (transitive) To evoke. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.
- Synonyms: envisage, imagine, picture, visualize
- (transitive, archaic) To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.
- I conjure you, let him know, / Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
- Stammering out something, I knew not what, I rolled away from him against the wall, and then conjured him, whoever or whatever he might be, to keep quiet, and let me get up and light the lamp again.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To conspire or plot.
Translations
Noun
conjure (uncountable)
- (African-American Vernacular) The practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.
Derived terms
Related terms
- conjuration
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.?y?/
Verb
conjure
- first-person singular present indicative of conjurer
- third-person singular present indicative of conjurer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of conjurer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of conjurer
- second-person singular imperative of conjurer
Middle English
Verb
conjure
- Alternative form of conjuren
Portuguese
Verb
conjure
- first-person singular present subjunctive of conjurar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of conjurar
- third-person singular imperative of conjurar
Spanish
Verb
conjure
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of conjurar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of conjurar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of conjurar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of conjurar.
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conjuring
English
Verb
conjuring
- present participle of conjure
Noun
conjuring (plural conjurings)
- (gerund of conjure) An act in which something is conjured
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