| VERB | creation | conjure, raise, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth | summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic |
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| communication | conjure, bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press | ask for or request earnestly | |
| cognition | conjure, conspire, cabal, complot, machinate | engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together |
| Sounds | kaa'njher | |
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| Rhymes | Alger ... wager: 53 rhymes with jher... | |
| Meaning | Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "he conjured wild birds in the air" | |
| Synonyms | raise, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth | |
| Narrower | bless | Give a benediction to |
| curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict | wish harm upon | |
| Broader | call up, summon | Cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively |
| Similar to | provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up | Evoke or provoke to appear or occur |
| Spanish | agitar, conjurar, despertar, evocar, exponer, invitar, invocar, llamar, recaudar, remover, revolver, traer | |
| Catalan | invocar | |
| Nouns | conjuration | a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect |
| conjurer, conjuror | someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience | |
| conjuring, conjuration, conjury | calling up a spirit or devil | |
| Meaning | ask for or request earnestly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
| Synonyms | bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press | |
| Broader | plead | appeal or request earnestly |
| Spanish | adjurar, conjurar, implorar, requerir, rogar, suplicar | |
| Catalan | implorar, instar | |
| Meaning | Engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | conspire, cabal, complot, machinate | |
| Narrower | coconspire | conspire together |
| Broader | plot | plan secretly, usually something illegal |
| Spanish | conspirar, tramar | |
| Catalan | conspirar | |
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