/kon"jeuhr, kun"-/ for 1-5, 8-10, 12; /keuhn joor"/ for 6, 7, 11 , v. , conjured, conjuring , n.
v.t.
1. to affect or influence by or as if by invocation or spell.
2. to effect, produce, bring, etc., by or as by magic: to conjure a miracle.
3. to call upon or command (a devil or spirit) by invocation or spell.
4. to call or bring into existence by or as if by magic (usually fol. by up ): She seemed to have conjured up the person she was talking about.
5. to bring to mind; recall (usually fol. by up ): to conjure up the past.
6. to appeal to solemnly or earnestly: I conjure you to hear my plea.
7. Obs. to charge solemnly.
v.i.
8. to call upon or command a devil or spirit by invocation or spell.
9. to practice magic.
10. to practice legerdemain.
11. Obs. to conspire.
n.
12. Chiefly Southern U.S. an act or instance of witchcraft or voodoo, esp. a spell.
[ 1250-1300; ME conjuren conjurer conjurare, equiv. to con- CON- + jurare to swear, deriv. of jus law; cf. JURY 1 , JUSTICE ]
Syn. 3. summon, raise, invoke.