CONJURE

conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate

(verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; “They conspired to overthrow the government”

bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure

(verb) ask for or request earnestly; “The prophet bid all people to become good persons”

raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth

(verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; “raise the specter of unemployment”; “he conjured wild birds in the air”; “call down the spirits from the mountain”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

conjure (third-person singular simple present conjures, present participle conjuring, simple past and past participle conjured)

(intransitive) To perform magic tricks.

(transitive) To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.

(intransitive, archaic) To practice black magic.

(transitive, archaic) To enchant or bewitch.

(transitive) To evoke.

(transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.

Synonyms: envisage, imagine, picture, visualize

(transitive, archaic) To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.

(intransitive, obsolete) To conspire or plot.

Noun

conjure (uncountable)

(African American Vernacular English) The practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.

Source: Wiktionary

Con*jure", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conjured; p.pr. & vb.n. Conjuring.] Etym: [F. conjurer, fr. L. conjurare to swear together, to conspire; con- + jurare to swear. See Jury.]

Definition: To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure. I conjure you, let him know, Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it. Addison.

Con*jure", v. i.

Definition: To combine together by an eath; to conspire; to confederate. [A Latinism] Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons Conjured against the Highest. Milton.

Con"jure, v. t.

Definition: To affect or effect by conjuration; to call forth or send away by magic arts; to excite or alter, as if by magic or by the aid of supernatural powers. The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the devil into. Shak. To conjure up, or make visible, as a spirit, by magic arts; hence, to invent; as, to conjure up a story; to conjure up alarms.

Con"jure, v. i.

Definition: To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm. She conjures; away with her. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition