conjure
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See also: conjuré
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English conjuren, from Old French conjurer, from Latin coniūrō (“I swear together; conspire”), from con- (“with, together”) + iūro (“I swear or take an oath”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Senses relating to magic tricks and imagination:
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkʌnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/, /ˈkɒnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑnd͡ʒəɹ/
- Rhymes: -ʌndʒə(ɹ), -ɒndʒə(ɹ)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkʌnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/, /ˈkɒnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
- Senses relating to religious or solemn actions:
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/
Verb[edit]
conjure (third-person singular simple present conjures, present participle conjuring, simple past and past participle conjured)
- (intransitive) To perform magic tricks.
- He started conjuring at the age of 15, and is now a famous stage magician.
- (transitive) To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.
- (intransitive, archaic) To practice black magic.
- (transitive, archaic) To enchant or bewitch.
- (transitive) To evoke. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.
- (transitive, archaic) To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.
- 1713, Joseph Addison, Cato, published 1712, [Act 4, scene 2]:
- 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.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To conspire or plot.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book 2”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons / Conjured against the Highest.
Translations[edit]
to perform magic tricks
to summon 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) The practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.
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Derived terms
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
conjure
- first-person singular present indicative of conjurer
- third-person singular present indicative of conjurer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of conjurer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of conjurer
- second-person singular imperative of conjurer
Middle English[edit]
Verb[edit]
conjure
- Alternative form of conjuren
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
conjure
- first-person singular present subjunctive of conjurar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of conjurar
- third-person singular imperative of conjurar
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
conjure
- 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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