to conjure
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7.9
- verb
- /ˈkɒndʒər/
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- The magician was able to conjure a rabbit from his hat in front of the amazed audience.
- conjure up images
- conjure up memories
- conjure up visions
So if only I could conjure some kind of expert.
- So if only I could conjure some kind of expert.
- This is the image that was conjured in his mind.
- It's using past experience to conjure a concept, which is a prediction.
- Or was it, do they get conjured by the way that we talk about stuff?
- OK, conjure in your mind what the word alien means.
- What, what image should high table conjure in my mind?
- Each decision anticipates or conjures the next in an agile, incomplete syntax.
- And then it might be for most people, it's really hard to like conjure up a great date in that situation.
- I love the phrase willpower, but willpower isn't something you conjure up.
- But words like care, gratitude, appreciation, most of us can conjure up an experience of that from our past.
- And this is the power of the realms that are unseen, that cannot be conjured or tracked or called upon at will.
- For a lot of people, the word exercise too often conjures unpleasant images of intense workouts, treadmills and Stairmasters.
- I was, I was trying to conjure something that I didn't.
Examples
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Yet privately, any talk of marriage immediately conjured up his face in her mind.
Fiction book (1991) -
But words like care, gratitude, appreciation, most of us can conjure up an experience of that from our past.
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And then it might be for most people, it's really hard to like conjure up a great date in that situation.
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My point is, my brain can conjure so much of A worse image than what it probably actually is.
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So if only I could conjure some kind of expert.
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OK, conjure in your mind what the word alien means.
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You sit up there by yourself and conjure up the worst possible scenarios.
Fiction book (1992) -
The old are pessimists because they cannot conjure up the energy for optimism.
Academic text (2011) -
But she couldn't picture it that way, couldn't conjure up the image she sought.
Fiction book (1992) -
The phrase "collective security" conjures up NATO and its importance for peace and prosperity across Europe.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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9.1
To cause a spirit or dead person to come, often by magic
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6.2
To bring a memory to mind or make something seem to appear by magic
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7.7
Ask a spirit or god for help, often using a ritual
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5.7
Cause a spirit or magic thing to appear
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4.9
Cause a feeling or reaction to appear in people
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6.0
To call up a spirit or make something appear as if by magic
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5.3
Make something start or appear, often like magic
Ask a spirit or magic power to come and act
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Etymology
Conjure comes from Latin parts con- ('together') and jurare ('to swear') and shares its root with jury, so it first meant to 'swear together' or make a promise. Because of that idea of 'calling' by promise, people later used the word for 'calling' spirits and then for 'making' things appear like magic, which is why today to conjure is to bring something into existence as if by magic.