Hypertext Webster Gateway: "conjure"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Conjure \Con*jure"\, v. i.
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. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the
devil into. --Shak.

{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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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

She conjures; away with her. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

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

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

conjure
v 1: evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic: "raise the
specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the
air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from
the mountain" [syn: {raise}, {conjure up}, {invoke}, {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}]
3: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear
together; "They conspired to overthrow the government"
[syn: {conspire}, {cabal}, {complot}, {machinate}]


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