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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic;
- Example: "raise the specter of unemployment"
- Example: "he conjured wild birds in the air"
- Example: "call down the spirits from the mountain"
[syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth]

2. ask for or request earnestly;
- Example: "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
[syn: bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure]

3. engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together;
- Example: "They conspired to overthrow the government"
[syn: conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Conjure \Con*jure"\ (k[o^]n*j[=u]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Conjured (-j[=u]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Conjuring.] [F.
   conjurer, fr. L. conjurare to swear together, to conspire;
   con- + jurare to swear. See Jury.]
   To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to
   implore earnestly; to adjure.
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         I conjure you, let him know,
         Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it. --Addison.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Conjure \Con*jure"\, v. i.
   To combine together by an oath; to conspire; to confederate.
   [A Latinism]
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         Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons
         Conjured against the Highest.            --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Conjure \Con"jure\, v. t.
   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.
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         The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the
         devil into.                              --Shak.
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   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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Conjure \Con"jure\, v. i.
   To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to
   juggle; to charm.
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         She conjures; away with her.             --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

conjure
    v 1: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by
         magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured
         wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the
         mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke,
         evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put
         forward, call forth]
    2: ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to
       become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, entreat,
       adjure, press, conjure]
    3: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear
       together; "They conspired to overthrow the government" [syn:
       conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate]