conjure

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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)

  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.
    • 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.

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conjure (uncountable)

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

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /kɔ̃.ʒyʁ/

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conjure

  1. first-person singular present indicative of conjurer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of conjurer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of conjurer
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of conjurer
  5. second-person singular imperative of conjurer

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conjure (infinitive conjurar)

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of conjurar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of conjurar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of conjurar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of conjurar.
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