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CONJURING
conjuring, conjuration, conjury, invocation
(noun) calling up a spirit or devil
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
conjuring
present participle of conjure
Noun
conjuring (plural conjurings)
(gerund of conjure) An act in which something is conjured
Source: Wiktionary
CONJURE
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
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ANYMORE
(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”
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