Conjure /(kŏn*jūr")/

Con·jure

Conjure

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Conjured; p. pr. & vb. n. Conjuring

  1. To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.
    I conjure you, let him know, Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it.

Conjure

v. i.
  1. To combine together by an oath; to conspire; to confederate. [A Latinism]
    Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons Conjured against the Highest.

Conjure

v. t.
  1. To affect or effect by conjuration; to call forth or send away by magic arts; to excite or alter, as if by magic or by the aid of supernatural powers.
    The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the devil into.

Phrases & Compounds
To conjure up
or make visible, as a spirit, by magic arts; hence, to invent; as, to conjure up a story; to conjure up alarms.

Conjure

v. i.
  1. To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm.
    She conjures; away with her.