Conjure
['kʌndʒə] or ['kʌndʒɚ]
Definition
(v. t.) To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.
(v. i.) To combine together by an oath; to conspire; to confederate.
(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.
(v. i.) To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm.
Editor: Margaret
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Implore, importune, crave, entreat, beseech, supplicate
ANT:Deprecate, protest, remonstrate, expostulate
Edited by Ingram
Definition
generally of the art of legerdemain &c.; conjure′ of actions treated as religious or solemn) v.i. to practise magical arts: to make an invocation: (obs.) to conspire.—v.t. to call on or summon by a sacred name or in a solemn manner: to implore earnestly: to compel (a spirit) by incantations: to enchant: to raise up or frame needlessly; to effect by jugglery:—pr.p. con′juring; pa.p. con′jured.—ns. Conjurā′tion act of summoning by a sacred name or solemnly: enchantment; Con′jurātor a conspirator; Conjure′ment adjuration; Con′jurer -or one who practises magic: an enchanter: (kon-jōō′ror) one bound by oath with others; Con′juring magic-working: the production of effects apparently miraculous by natural means; Con′jury magic."
Checker: Raffles
Examples
- But pray, Colonel, how came you to conjure out that I should be in town today? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Her dark, dilated eyes rested on Birkin, as if she could conjure the truth of the future out of him, as out of some instrument of divination. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Perhaps some of my readers conjure up horrible visions of such a place. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- You promised to facilitate my visit to Adrian; I conjure you to perform your promise. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Speak--I conjure, I entreat--nay, I command you, speak. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And now tell me, I conjure you, has not imitation been shown by us to be concerned with that which is thrice removed from the truth? Plato. The Republic.
- Rebecca always knew how to conjure away these moods of melancholy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The Unquenchables had done their best to be worthy of the name, for like elves they had worked by night and conjured up a comical surprise. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I conjured him, incoherently, but in the most impassioned manner, not to abandon himself to this wildness, but to hear me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- After passing several hours, we returned hopeless, most of my companions believing it to have been a form conjured by my fancy. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- She conjured me, she commanded me to leave her-- Beware, O beware, she cried, fly while yet your escape is practicable. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- What devil have you conjured into the dog? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Yet, as he thus determined, fancy conjured up the miserable abode of the Greek girl. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And again she earnestly conjured me to give up all thoughts of going out with her brother. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In the name of all that's good--and that is not conjuring you in my own name, for Heaven knows I am not good'--said Eugene, 'don't be distressed! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Checker: Sandra