con·jure /||ˈkɑnʤɚ/
(vt.)以咒文召喚,變戲法,想象(vi.)變戲法,施魔法祈求,懇求
Con·jure v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conjured p. pr. & vb. n. Conjuring.] To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.
I conjure you, let him know,
Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it. --Addison.
Con·jure, v. i. To combine together by an oath; to conspire; to confederate. [A Latinism]
Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons
Conjured against the Highest. --Milton.
Con·jure v. t. To affect or effect by conjuration; to call forth or send away by magic arts; to excite or alter, as if by magic or by the aid of supernatural powers.
The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the devil into. --Shak.
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.
Con·jure v. i. To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm.
She conjures; away with her. --Shak.
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conjure
v 1: evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the
specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the
air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from
the mountain" [syn: raise, conjure up, invoke, evoke,
stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward,
call forth]
2: ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to
become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, entreat, adjure,
press]
3: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear
together; "They conspired to overthrow the government"
[syn: conspire, cabal, complot, machinate]