Conjure

v. t.	1.	To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure. [imp. & p. p. Conjured (-jūrd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Conjuring.] I conjure you, let him know, Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it. - Addison.
v. i.	1.	To combine together by an oath; to conspire; to confederate. Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons Conjured against the Highest. - Milton.
v. t.	1.	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.
v. i.	1.	To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm. She conjures; away with her. - Shak.

Verb	1.	conjure - 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" Synonyms: bring up, call down, conjure up, invoke, call forth, put forward, arouse, evoke, stir, raise
	2.	conjure - ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" Synonyms: adjure, beseech, entreat, bid, press
	3.	conjure - engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government" Synonyms: cabal, complot, conspire, machinate

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