conjure

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
  2. verb ask for or request earnestly
  3. verb engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

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

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