different between conjure vs pyromancer

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??(?)
• Senses relating to religious or solemn actions:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n?d????(?)/

Verb

conjure (third-person singular simple present conjures, present participle conjuring, simple past and past participle conjured)

1. (intransitive) To perform magic tricks.

   He started conjuring at the age of 15, and is now a famous stage magician.

2. (transitive) To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.
3. (intransitive, archaic) To practice black magic.
4. (transitive, archaic) To enchant or bewitch.
5. (transitive) To evoke. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
6. (transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.

   Synonyms: envisage, imagine, picture, visualize

7. (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.

8. (intransitive, obsolete) To conspire or plot.

Translations

Noun

conjure (uncountable)

1. (African-American Vernacular) The practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.

Derived terms

Related terms

• conjuration

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.?y?/

Verb

conjure

1. first-person singular present indicative of conjurer
2. third-person singular present indicative of conjurer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of conjurer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of conjurer
5. second-person singular imperative of conjurer

Middle English

Verb

conjure

1. Alternative form of conjuren

Portuguese

Verb

conjure

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of conjurar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of conjurar
3. third-person singular imperative of conjurar

Spanish

Verb

conjure

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of conjurar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of conjurar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of conjurar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of conjurar.

English

Etymology

From pyro- +? -mancer

Noun

pyromancer (plural pyromancers)

1. One who performs pyromancy
2. (fantasy) One who has a magical ability to conjure or control fire.