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   conjure

   /ˈkʌn(d)ʒə/

   verb

   • 1. cause (a spirit or ghost) to appear by means of a magic ritual: "they hoped to conjure up the spirit of their dead friend"
   • ▪ make (something) appear unexpectedly or seemingly from nowhere: "Anne conjured up a delicious home-made hotpot" Similar make something appearproducematerializemagicsummongeneratewhip up
   • ▪ call (an image) to the mind: "she had forgotten how to conjure up the image of her mother's face" Similar bring to mindcall to mindput one in mind ofcall upevokesummon uprecallrecreateechoallude tosuggestrouse (up)stir (up)raise upawaken
   • ▪ (of a word, sound, smell, etc.) cause someone to think of (something): "a special tune that conjures up a particular time and place"
   • 2. implore (someone) to do something: archaic "she conjured him to return"

   Word Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘oblige by oath’): from Old French conjurer ‘to plot or exorcise’, from Latin conjurare ‘band together by an oath, conspire’ (in medieval Latin ‘invoke’), from con- ‘together’ + jurare ‘swear’.

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • C

     3

   • O

     1

   • N

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   • J

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   • U

     1

   • R

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   • E

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