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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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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