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 quotes

  • (..) They didn't think they were crazy. They had to have had a reason. After a little more digging, I did find that their act wasn't devotional. That they were actually trying to conjure something up. Like what? The Devil? Demons? The Tooth Fairy. I don't know specifically. (..)
    2014 Annabelle