conjure
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See also conjuré
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
conjure (third-person singular simple present conjures, present participle conjuring, simple past and past participle conjured)
- (intransitive) To perform magic tricks.
- (transitive) To summon up using supernatural power, as a devil
- (intransitive) To practice black magic.
- (transitive) To evoke.
- (transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.
- (transitive) To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.
- Addison
- I 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.
- Addison
- (intransitive, obsolete) To conspire or plot.
- Milton
- Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons / Conjured against the Highest.
- Milton
Translations [edit]
To perform magic tricks
To summon up using supernatural power
To practice black magic
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To evoke
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To imagine or picture in the mind
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To make an urgent request to; to appeal
Noun [edit]
conjure (uncountable)
- (African American Vernacular) A practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.
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French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /kɔ̃.ʒyʁ/
Verb [edit]
conjure
- first-person singular present indicative of conjurer
- third-person singular present indicative of conjurer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of conjurer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of conjurer
- second-person singular imperative of conjurer
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
conjure (infinitive conjurar)
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of conjurar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of conjurar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of conjurar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of conjurar.
Portuguese [edit]
Verb [edit]
conjure
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- French verb forms
- Spanish verb forms
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- Spanish verb singular forms
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- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
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