conjure
IPA: kˈɑndʒɝ
noun
- (African-American Vernacular) The practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.
verb
- (intransitive) To perform magic tricks.
- (transitive) To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.
- (intransitive, archaic) To practice black magic.
- (transitive, archaic) To enchant or bewitch.
- (transitive) To evoke.
- (transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.
- (transitive, archaic) To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To conspire or plot.
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Examples of "conjure" in Sentences
- The magician has conjured a white dove from the hat.
- The spell used by Death Eaters to conjure the Mark is Morsmordre.
- According to the Conjure One homepage a new album is on the works.
- Catharism was in truth a phantasm conjured up from the nightmares.
- The modified souls conjure a massive gate that consumes the group.
- Except for the die-hards, what attributes does the name conjure up?
- Magic is the amount of power the player possesses to conjure spells.
- A pyromaniac covered in flames, who has the ability to conjure fire.
- William deMille was now a name to conjure with in the American theater.
- The witches conjure up a line of 8 kings followed by the ghoset of Banquo.
- The more unlikely the possibility, however, the more difficult to conjure.
- In, the curse that Ninetales can conjure is one of the main points of the plot.
- To the uninitiated, the name may conjure up images of cuddly warm fur, but to many Philadelphia restaurateurs, it evokes bullhorns, shouting and intimidation.
- We can let Charlotte and Lois and Elvira loose in the kitchen, and they can conjure up some scrambled eggs and toast for everyone, she said, inwardly wincing at even uttering the word conjure.
- Jopling's first became a name to conjure with outside the stylish art world once he began being photographed at high society parties, invariably accessorised with trendy black-framed glasses and his vivacious former wife, Sam Taylor-Wood.
- The esteemed Bentley name, like that of Rolls-Royce, is world renowned for a tradition of excellence in automobiles that stretches back to 1919 -- but what did the name conjure up in today's new-age, and somewhat greener-in-its approach, guilt-laden auto world?
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