conjure

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

con·jure [conjure conjures conjured conjuring] BrE [ˈkʌndʒə(r)] NAmE [ˈkʌndʒər] verb intransitive, transitive
to do clever tricks such as making things seem to appear or disappear as if by magic
•Her grandfather taught her to conjure.
•~ sth + adv./prep. He could conjure coins from behind people's ears.
see a name to conjure with at ↑name _n.
Derived: ↑conjure something out of something ▪ ↑conjure something up
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Word Origin:
Middle English (also in the sense ‘oblige by oath’): from Old French conjurer ‘to plot or exorcize’, from Latin conjurare ‘band together by an oath, conspire’ (in medieval Latin ‘invoke’), from con- ‘together’ + jurare ‘swear’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  conspire, cabal, complot, machinate, bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press