CONJURE


Meaning of CONJURE in English

/ 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.

PHRASAL VERBS

- conjure sth up

- conjure sth from / out of sth

••

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.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.