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Webster 1913 Edition


Conjurer

Con-jur′er

,
Noun.
One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.

Con′jur-er

,
Noun.
1.
One who practices magic arts; one who pretends to act by the aid super natural power; also, one who performs feats of legerdemain or sleight of hand.
Dealing with witches and with
conjurers
.
Shakespeare
From the account the loser brings,
The
conjurer
knows who stole the things.
Prior.
2.
One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity.
[Obs.]
Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition


Conjurer

CONJURER

,
Noun.
One who practices conjuration; one who pretends to the secret art of performing things supernatural or extraordinary, by the aid of superior powers; an impostor who pretends, by unknown means, to discover stolen goods, &c. Hence ironically, a man of shrewd conjecture; a man of sagacity.

Definition 2024


conjurer

conjurer

English

Alternative forms

Noun

conjurer (plural conjurers)

  1. One who conjures, a magician.
    • July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises
      With his crude potato-sack mask and fear-inducing toxins, The Scarecrow, a “psychopharmacologist” at an insane asylum, acts as a conjurer of nightmares, capable of turning his patients’ most terrifying anxieties against them.
    • 1594 His incivility confirms no less. Good Doctor Pinch, you are a conjurer; Establish him in his true sense again, And I will please you what you will demand. — Shakespeare, A Comedy of Errors, Act 4, Scene 4.
  2. One who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand.
    • 1893 The man is by trade a conjurer and performer, going round the canteens after nightfall, and giving a little entertainment at each. — Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Crooked Man".
  3. One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.
  4. (obsolete) One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)

Translations


French

Verb

conjurer

  1. to beseech, to beg
    Je vous en conjure !
    I beseech you!
  2. to ward off
  3. to conspire, to plot, to conjure
  4. (magic) to conjure

Conjugation


Old French

Verb

conjurer

  1. to beseech, to beg

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.