conjure

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  1. transitive verb To summon (a devil or spirit) by magical or supernatural power.
  2. transitive verb To influence or effect by or as if by magic: tried to conjure away the doubts that beset her.
  3. transitive verb To call or bring to mind; evoke: "Arizona conjures up an image of stark deserts for most Americans” (American Demographics).
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conjure:   conjuring ·  conjured ·  conjures
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  1. Middle English conjuren, from Old French conjurer, to use a spell, from Late Latin coniūrāre, to pray by something holy, from Latin, to swear together : com-, com- + iūrāre, to swear; see yewes- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Historically the pron. is kun′jėr in all senses; but the pron. ko̤n-jör′, based on modern F. or the L., is now prevalent in certain senses. The distinction is modern. from Middle English conjuren, counjouren, from Old French conjurer, cunjurer, modern F. conjurer = Spanish Portuguese conjurar = Italian congiurare, from Latin conjurare, swear together, assent with an oath, assent, unite, agree, conspire, in Middle Latin also conjure, adjure, exorcise, from com-, together, + jurare, swear: see jurat, jury, and cf. adjure, perjure.
  2. Middle English, = Provencal conjur = Spanish conjuro; from the verb.
 

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