Conjure

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkÊŒndÍ¡Ê’É™r/
• Rhymes: -ÊŒndÊ’É™(r)

Origin

From Middle English, from Old French conjurer, from Latin coniūrō ("I swear together; conspire"), from con- ("with, together") + iūro ("I swear or take an oath").

Full definition of conjure

Verb

1. (intransitive) To perform magic tricks.
2. (transitive) To summon up using supernatural power, as a devil
3. (intransitive) To practice black magic.
4. (transitive) To evoke.
5. (transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.
6. (transitive) To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.
• AddisonI 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.
7. (intransitive, obsolete) To conspire or plot.
• MiltonDrew after him the third part of Heaven's sons
  Conjured against the Highest.

Noun

1. (African American Vernacular English) A practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.

Derived terms

• conjurer
  conjuror
• conjure up
• conjure with
• name to conjure with

Related terms

• conjuration