conjure
verb
also ˈkən-
; sense vt 1 kən-ˈju̇r
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, ˈkän-jə- , ˈkənj- , ˈkən-jə- ; kən-ˈju̇r-iŋ \
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Synonyms for conjure
Synonyms
appeal (to), beg, beseech, besiege, entreat, impetrate, implore, importune, petition, plead (to), pray, solicit, supplicate
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Now The black influence on country music starts with the banjo, which often conjures the hazy image of a white pastoral South. — Andrew R. Chow, Time, "Black Artists Built Country Music—And Then It Left Them Behind," 11 Sep. 2019 Whatever wizardry James conjured in his first three September outings was not present for a fourth. — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, "Astros struggle against A's for second straight night," 11 Sep. 2019 Painting in the digital medium of ones and zeroes, today’s visual effects artists can conjure almost any creature imaginable. — Josh Rottenberg, chicagotribune.com, "How the ‘Gemini Man’ visual effects team created a young Will Smith," 6 Sep. 2019 This one definitely goes to 11: Two teenage rocker dudes – who yearn to add some excitement to their lives – delve into black magic and accidentally conjure a demonic entity known as The Blind One. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, "The 50 best horror movies of the 21st century, definitively ranked," 6 Sep. 2019 Whenever the bass-and-drums duo conjured its noisiest turbulence, the vibrations felt cataclysmic. — Chris Richards, Washington Post, "In the heart of an ‘empire in decline,’ Blacks’ Myths try to spark another big bang," 5 Sep. 2019 Yet the fires raging over the past fortnight conjured what you're never meant to witness: this is what the end of the world looks like. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, "The Amazon is burning. The climate is changing. And we're doing nothing to stop it," 4 Sep. 2019 Does anything conjure an era more than Just Kids does the early 2010s? — David Canfield, EW.com, "20 new books to read in September," 2 Sep. 2019 Hip-hop and pop have been mining the fervor and intensity of gospel in recent years, conjuring heaven and hell and devotion in new sonic contexts. — John Adamian, courant.com, "Electro-pop duo Phantogram at College Street," 23 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'conjure.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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conjure
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conjure
verb
, ˈkən-jər\
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