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Definition of Conjure up
1. Verb. Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic. "Call down the spirits from the mountain"
Specialized synonyms: Anathemise, Anathemize, Bedamn, Beshrew, Curse, Damn, Imprecate, Maledict, Bless
Generic synonyms: Create, Make
Related verbs: Call Forth, Evoke, Kick Up, Provoke
Derivative terms: Conjuration, Conjuration, Conjurer, Conjuring, Conjuror, Conjury, Evocation, Invocation, Invocation
Definition of Conjure up
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To create or produce something, seemingly magically ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) To generate (an image or an idea) in one's mind. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conjure Up
Literary usage of Conjure up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1837)
"What though the undulating wave may conjure up dark fears before you ? It will
but break the tedium of the passage : and when your dangers are over, ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1889)
"... when read aloud to her, conjure up a whole host of delightful and interesting
recollections. Faithful pictorial representation of lineaments is good, ..."
3. Valentine's Manual of Old New Yorkby New York (N.Y.). Common Council by New York (N.Y.). Common Council (1916)
"bated breath and conjure up visions of sin and wickedness which would make even
the hardened "Bowery Boy" look up in blank amazement and horror. ..."
4. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1867)
"your sight for days, you conjure up the whole imago —the elastic, lithe, little
figure, the springy step, the dotted muslin so light and flowing, ..."
5. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"I. Form, create, make, produce. 2. Mould, fashion, model, form. 3. Regulate,
adjust, direct, frame. 4. Image, conceive, conjure up, figure, imagine. ..."
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