conjure
[verb]
Synonyms: perform tricks, juggle

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con‧jure /ˈkʌndʒə $ ˈkɑːndʒər, ˈkʌn-/ verb
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: conjurer, from Latin, from com- ( ⇒ COM-) + jurare 'to swear']

1. [intransitive and transitive] to perform clever tricks in which you seem to make things appear, disappear, or change by magic:
The magician conjured a rabbit out of his hat.

2. [transitive] to make something appear or happen in a way which is not expected:
He has conjured victories from worse situations than this.

3. a name to conjure with the name of a very important person
conjure something ↔ up phrasal verb

1. to bring a thought, picture, idea, or memory to someone’s mind
conjure up images/pictures/thoughts etc (of something)
Dieting always seems to conjure up images of endless salads.

2. to make something appear when it is not expected, as if by magic:
Somehow we have to conjure up another $10,000.

3. to make the soul of a dead person appear by saying special magic words

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