conjure

Verb

Synonyms: raise conjure up invoke evoke stir call down arouse bring up put forward call forth bid beseech

WordNet 3.0

Verb (3)

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”Synonyms: raise conjure up invoke evoke stir call down arouse bring up put forward call forth
ask for or request earnestly“The prophet bid all people to become good persons”Synonyms: bid beseech entreat adjure press
engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together“They conspired to overthrow the government”Synonyms: conspire cabal complot machinate

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

I conjure you, let him know, Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

Conjure \Con*jure"\, v. i. To combine together by an oath; to conspire; to confederate. [A Latinism] [1913 Webster]

Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons Conjured against the Highest. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the devil into. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Conjure \Con"jure\, v. i. To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm. [1913 Webster]

She conjures; away with her. --Shak. [1913 Webster]