conjure (mostly “co'njure,” occas. “conju're”)
1.
to call upon solemnly,
adjure Gent. II. vii. 2; absol.
Ham. IV. iii. 67 (see
CONGRUE).
2.
to influence by
incantation, charm, or magic (freq.) Oth. I. iii. 105; with
infinitive
Tim. I. i. 7
“all these spirits thy
power Hath c-'d to attend,”
Lr. II. i. 41; with adv.
Rom. II. i. 26
“Till she had laid it,
and c-'d it down”
; esp. “conjure
up” (not pre-S.), to raise or bring into
existence as by magic, to cause to appear to the
fancy MND. III. ii. 158, Cæs. II. i. 323;
cf. Mer.V. I. iii. 35, Wint. V. iii. 40,
1H4 IV. iii. 43
“You from the breast
of civil peace Such bold
hostility”
; used absol.
Err. III. i. 34
“Dost thou for
wenches?,”
H5 V. ii. 317,
Troil. V. ii. 122
“I cannot
conjure.”
