conjure : Idioms & Phrases

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conjure man

  • noun a witch doctor who practices conjury
    conjurer; conjuror.
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conjure up

  • verb summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
    arouse; raise; invoke; bring up; call down; call forth; evoke; put forward; stir; conjure.
    • raise the specter of unemployment
    • he conjured wild birds in the air
    • call down the spirits from the mountain
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conjuring trick

  • noun an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
    magic; thaumaturgy; legerdemain; trick; deception; conjuration; magic trick; illusion.
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To conjure up

  • or make visible, as a spirit, by magic arts; hence, to invent; as, to conjure up a story; to conjure up alarms.
Webster 1913