conjure
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See also conjuré
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
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”).
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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.
- 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.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
- (intransitive, obsolete) To conspire or plot.
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conjure (uncountable)
- (African American Vernacular) A practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.
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[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /kɔ̃.ʒyʁ/
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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
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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.
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