'Conjure' definitions:
Definition of 'conjure'
(from WordNet)
verb
Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth]
verb
Ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure]
verb
Definition of 'Conjure'
From: GCIDE
- Conjure \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. [1913 Webster]
- I conjure you, let him know, Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Conjure'
From: GCIDE
- Conjure \Con*jure"\, v. i. To combine together by an oath; to conspire; to confederate. [A Latinism] [1913 Webster]
- Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons Conjured against the Highest. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Conjure'
From: GCIDE
- Conjure \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. [1913 Webster]
- The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the devil into. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Conjure'
From: GCIDE
- Conjure \Con"jure\, v. i. To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm. [1913 Webster]
- She conjures; away with her. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'conjure'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adjure,
- appeal,
- appeal to,
- bamboozle,
- beg,
- beguile,
- beseech,
- betray,
- bid come,
- bluff,
- brace,
- cajole,
- call,
- call away,
- call back,
- call for,
- call for help,
- call forth,
- call in,
- call on,
- call out,
- call together,
- call up,
- call up spirits,
- call upon,
- cheat on,
- circumvent,
- cite,
- clamor for,
- conjure up,
- conjure up spirits,
- convene,
- convoke,
- crave,
- cry for,
- cry on,
- cry to,
- deceive,
- delude,
- demand,
- diddle,
- double-cross,
- dupe,
- entreat,
- evoke,
- forestall,
- gammon,
- get around,
- gull,
- hoax,
- hocus-pocus,
- hornswaggle,
- humbug,
- impetrate,
- implore,
- importune,
- imprecate,
- indent,
- invoke,
- juggle,
- kneel to,
- let down,
- mock,
- muster,
- muster up,
- obtest,
- order up,
- outmaneuver,
- outreach,
- outsmart,
- outwit,
- overreach,
- page,
- pigeon,
- play one false,
- plead,
- plead for,
- pray,
- preconize,
- put something over,
- raise,
- raise ghosts,
- recall,
- requisition,
- run to,
- send after,
- send for,
- serve,
- snow,
- string along,
- subpoena,
- summon,
- summon forth,
- summon spirits,
- summon up,
- summons,
- supplicate,
- take in,
- trick,
- two-time