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"
ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
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
If you conjure up a memory, picture, or idea, you create it in your mind. When we think of adventurers, many of us conjure up images of larger-than-life characters trekking to the North Pole
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 something such as a word or sound conjures up particular images or ideas, it makes you think of them. Jimmy Buffett's music conjures up a warm night in the tropics What does the word `feminist' conjure up for you? = evoke
the skill of performing clever tricks in which you seem to make things appear, disappear, or change by magic = magic. Art of entertaining by giving the illusion of performing impossible feats. The conjurer is an actor who combines psychology, manual dexterity, and mechanical aids to effect the desired illusion. The form was established by the medieval era, when traveling conjurers performed at fairs and in the homes of the nobility. In the 19th-20th centuries, conjuring was performed on stage by magicians such as Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, Harry Houdini, and Harry Blackstone. In the late 20th century magicians such as Doug Henning and David Copperfield performed colourful spectacles on television, while the postmodern team Penn and Teller offered a quieter brand of magic that emphasized irony and illusion
[ transitive sense 2 & in ] (verb.) 13th century. From Middle English, from Old French conjurer, from Latin coniūrō (“I swear together; conspire”), from con- (“with, together”) + iūro (“I swear or take an oath”).