conjure

Definition

  • verb: to make (something) appear or seem to appear by using magic
  • verb: to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly
  • usually + 'up'
  • synonyms: adjure, conspire, confederate

Examples

  • The title of the book 'conjures' [='evokes'] images of politics, protest, and war.

  • In the movie she has the power to 'conjure up' storms, fires, and earthquakes.

  • For many, the word “Greenland” 'conjures up' images of vast, icy plains.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - Think I'm ready? - You're ready... when the relic decides you're ready. For now, conjure a weapon. All right. Fight! Fight like your life depended on it! Because one day, it may. Wong? (..)
    2016 Doctor Strange
  • (..) The source code that shapes reality. We harness energy drawn from other dimensions of the multiverse, to cast spells, to conjure shields and weapons to make magic. But... even if my fingers could do that, (..)
    2016 Doctor Strange