/ ˈkʌndʒə(r); NAmE / verb
to do clever tricks such as making things seem to appear or disappear as if by magic :
[ v ]
Her grandfather taught her to conjure.
[ vn + adv. / prep. ]
He could conjure coins from behind people's ears.
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PHRASAL VERBS
- conjure sth up
- conjure sth from / out of sth
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English (also in the sense oblige by oath ): from Old French conjurer to plot or exorcize, from Latin conjurare band together by an oath, conspire (in medieval Latin invoke), from con- together + jurare swear.