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Webster 1913 Edition

Conjure

Con-jure′

(kŏn-jūr′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Conjured
(-jūrd′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Conjuring
.]
[F.
conjurer
, fr. L.
conjurare
to swear together, to conspire;
con-
+
jurare
to swear. See
Jury
.]
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′

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

Con′jure

,
Verb.
T.
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.
Shakespeare
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

,
Verb.
I.
To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm.
She
conjures
; away with her.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Conjure

CONJURE

,
Verb.
T.
[L., to swear together, to conspire.]
1.
To call on or summon by a sacred name, or in a solemn manner; to implore with solemnity. It seems originally to have signified, to bind by an oath.
I conjure you! Let him know, whateer was done against him, Cato did it.
2.
To bind two or more by an oath; to unite in a common design. Hence intransitively, to conspire. [Not usual.]

CONJURE

,
Verb.
T.
To expel, to drive or to affect, in some manner, by magic arts, as by invoking the Supreme Being, or by the use of certain words, characters or ceremonies to engage supernatural influence; as, to conjure up evil spirits, or to conjure down a tempest; to conjure the stars.
Note. It is not easy to define this word, nor any word of like import; as the practices of conjurors are little known, or various and indefinite. The use of this word indicates that an oath or solemn invocation originally formed a part of the ceremonies.

CONJURE

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To practice the arts of a conjurer; to use arts to engage the aid of spirits in performing some extraordinary act.
2.
In a vulgar sense, to behave very strangely; to act like a witch; to play tricks.

Definition 2024

conjure

conjure

See also: conjuré

English

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To perform magic tricks.
  2. (transitive) To summon up using supernatural power, as a devil
  3. (intransitive) To practice black magic.
  4. (transitive) To evoke.
  5. (transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.
  6. (transitive) To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.
    • Addison
      I conjure you, let him know, / Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
      Stammering out something, I knew not what, I rolled away from him against the wall, and then conjured him, whoever or whatever he might be, to keep quiet, and let me get up and light the lamp again.
  7. (intransitive, obsolete) To conspire or plot.
    • Milton
      Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons / Conjured against the Highest.

Translations

Noun

conjure ‎(uncountable)

  1. (African American Vernacular) A practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.

Derived terms

Related terms

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ʒyʁ/

Verb

conjure

  1. first-person singular present indicative of conjurer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of conjurer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of conjurer
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of conjurer
  5. second-person singular imperative of conjurer

Portuguese

Verb

conjure

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of conjurar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of conjurar
  3. third-person singular imperative of conjurar

Spanish

Verb

conjure

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of conjurar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of conjurar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of conjurar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of conjurar.

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French conjurer, from Latin coniūrō ‎(“I swear together; conspire”), from con- ‎(“with, together”) + iūro ‎(“I swear or take an oath”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔnd͡ʒər/
  • Rhymes: -ɔndʒə(r)

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