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conjure verb [ ˈkʌndʒə ]

• cause (a spirit or ghost) to appear by means of a magic ritual.
• "they hoped to conjure up the spirit of their dead friend"
• implore (someone) to do something.
• "she conjured him to return"
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’.

a name to conjure with

• used to indicate that a particular person is very important or well regarded.
"on the merger scene his is a name to conjure with"



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