conjure

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To summon (a devil or spirit) by magical or supernatural power.
2. v. To influence or effect by or as if by magic: tried to conjure away the doubts that beset her.
3. v. To call or bring to mind; evoke: "Arizona conjures up an image of stark deserts for most Americans” ( American Demographics).
4. v. To imagine; picture: "a sight to store away, then conjure up someday when they were no longer together” ( Nelson DeMille).
5. v. Archaic To call on or entreat solemnly, especially by an oath.
6. v. To perform magic tricks, especially by sleight of hand.
7. v. To summon a devil by magic or supernatural power.
8. v. To practice black magic.
9. n. Chiefly Southern U.S. See hoodoo.
10. adj. Chiefly Southern U.S. Of or practicing folk magic: a conjure woman.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. (kon-jör′ ). To swear together; band together under oath; conspire; plot.
2. (kun′ jėr). To practise the arts of a conjurer; use arts to engage, or as if to engage, the aid of supernatural agents or elements in performing some extraordinary act.
3. (kon-jör′ ). To call on or summon by a sacred name or in a solemn manner; implore with solemnity; adjure; solemnly entreat.
4. (kun′ jėr). To affect or effect by magic or enchantment; procure or bring about by practising the arts of a conjurer.
5. (kun′ jėr). To call or raise up or bring into existence by conjuring, or as if by conjuring: with up: as, to conjure up a phantom.
6. Synonyms See list under adjure.
7. To charm, enchant.
8. n. Conjuration; enchantment.
9. To exorcise or ‘lay’; quiet; allay.

Wiktionary

1. v. intransitive To perform magic tricks.
2. v. transitive To summon up using supernatural power, as a devil
3. v. intransitive To practice black magic.
4. v. transitive To evoke.
5. v. transitive To imagine or picture in the mind.
6. v. transitive To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.
7. v. intransitive, obsolete To conspire or plot.
8. n. African American Vernacular A practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.
2. v. A Latinism To combine together by an oath; to conspire; to confederate.
3. v. 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.
4. v. To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
2. v. engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
3. v. ask for or request earnestly