as in to beg
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
I conjure you to hear my plea for mercy
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Anyone who wants an end to the agony of the past 15 months must conjure up at least a quarter measure of hope.
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025
David Lynch, the singular American filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist who conjured dreams and nightmares of unsettling beauty and psychic horror, has died.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
During his first-ever Jeopardy! appearance on Sept. 25, 2024, Goins made waves among the pop superstar's fanbase after failing to conjure the correct response to a clue about one of her albums.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Popular on Variety With energetic and bold splatters of image and sound, directing duo Jack Clark and Jim Weir conjure up a similarly disquieting mood as that in other films about reunions exposing the cracks in platonic and romantic relations.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025
David Lynch, the singular American filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist who conjured dreams and nightmares of unsettling beauty and psychic horror, has died.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
During his first-ever Jeopardy! appearance on Sept. 25, 2024, Goins made waves among the pop superstar's fanbase after failing to conjure the correct response to a clue about one of her albums.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Popular on Variety With energetic and bold splatters of image and sound, directing duo Jack Clark and Jim Weir conjure up a similarly disquieting mood as that in other films about reunions exposing the cracks in platonic and romantic relations.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Conjure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjure. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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