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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Recent Examples of conjure
There’s a certain romanticism that lies at the heart of these remarkable gins, something conjured, perhaps, by that dramatic meeting of land and sea.
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Camille Berry, Vogue, 15 July 2025
This conjures up Strate’s childhood brush with The Hiding Man, who was never caught and seemingly disappeared after a string of brutal murders.
—Kelli Skye Fadroski, Oc Register, 15 July 2025
Boxing conjures images of bruises, black eyes and bloody noses.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
As Almeyda makes her journey towards this elusive mecca, both the idea of Palmares and Almeyda’s journey toward it feel like hallucinatory visions: Vibrantly conjured, indeed mythic in intention and impact.
—Irenosen Okojie
july 11, Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
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Camille Berry, Vogue, 15 July 2025
This conjures up Strate’s childhood brush with The Hiding Man, who was never caught and seemingly disappeared after a string of brutal murders.
—Kelli Skye Fadroski, Oc Register, 15 July 2025
Boxing conjures images of bruises, black eyes and bloody noses.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
As Almeyda makes her journey towards this elusive mecca, both the idea of Palmares and Almeyda’s journey toward it feel like hallucinatory visions: Vibrantly conjured, indeed mythic in intention and impact.
—Irenosen Okojie
july 11, Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjure
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This begs the question: What else is there to say about Young and his offseason?—
Alex Zietlow
July 23,
Charlotte Observer,
23 July 2025
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On top of that, the battery easily goes a week without begging for a charger, and the square AMOLED display is way easier to read mid-run than a round one.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
21 July 2025
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After the American Revolution, some widows of soldiers who wanted to petition for their late husbands’ pensions submitted samplers as evidence of their family history.—
Karin Wulf,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 July 2025
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As part of the post-trial proceedings in 2018 involving Geyser, Judge Michael O. Bohren issued a four-decade commitment order for treatment, though that order allowed Geyser to petition every six months for conditional release.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
17 July 2025
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“Conjure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjure. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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