[ˈkʌn(d)ʒə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cause (a spirit or ghost) to appear by means of a magic ritual
(e.g: they hoped to conjure up the spirit of their dead friend)

- implore (someone) to do something
(e.g: she conjured him to return)


Phrases:
- a name to conjure with

Origin:
Middle English (also in the sense ‘oblige by oath’): from Old French conjurer ‘to plot or exorcise’, from Latin conjurare ‘band together by an oath, conspire’ (in medieval Latin ‘invoke’), from con- ‘together’ + jurare ‘swear’