conjure

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/, /ˈkɒnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ʌndʒə(ɹ), -ɒndʒə(ɹ)

Verb

conjure (third-person singular simple present conjures, present participle conjuring, simple past and past participle conjured)

1. (intransitive) To perform magic tricks.
2. (transitive) To summon up using supernatural power, as a devil
3. (intransitive) To practice black magic.
4. (transitive) To evoke.
5. (transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.
6. (transitive) To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.
   • Addison

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

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:

     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.

7. (intransitive, obsolete) To conspire or plot.
   • Milton

     Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons / Conjured against the Highest.

Noun

conjure (uncountable)

1. (African American Vernacular) A practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.

Derived terms

Related terms

• conjuration

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ʒyʁ/

Verb

conjure

1. first-person singular present indicative of conjurer
2. third-person singular present indicative of conjurer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of conjurer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of conjurer
5. second-person singular imperative of conjurer

Verb

conjure

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of conjurar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of conjurar
3. third-person singular imperative of conjurar

Verb

conjure

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of conjurar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of conjurar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of conjurar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of conjurar.