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.
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"
If you conjure something out of nothing, you make it appear as if by magic. Thirteen years ago she found herself having to conjure a career from thin air They managed to conjure a victory. Conjure up means the same as conjure. Every day a different chef will be conjuring up delicious dishes in the restaurant
[ transitive sense 2 & in ] (verb.) 13th century. Middle English, from Old French conjurer, from Latin conjurare to swear together, from com- + jurare to swear; more at JURY.