con ‧ jure /ˈkʌndʒə $ ˈkɑːndʒər, ˈkʌn-/ BrE AmE verb
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: conjurer , from Latin , from com- ( ⇨ COM- ) + jurare 'to swear' ]
1 . [intransitive and transitive] to perform clever tricks in which you seem to make things appear, disappear, or change by magic:
The magician conjured a rabbit out of his hat.
2 . [transitive] to make something appear or happen in a way which is not expected:
He has conjured victories from worse situations than this.
3 . a name to conjure with the name of a very important person
conjure something ↔ up phrasal verb
1 . to bring a thought, picture, idea, or memory to someone’s mind
conjure up images/pictures/thoughts etc (of something)
Dieting always seems to conjure up images of endless salads.
2 . to make something appear when it is not expected, as if by magic:
Somehow we have to conjure up another $10,000.
3 . to make the soul of a dead person appear by saying special magic words