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CONJURE
(verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
"They conspired to overthrow the government"
synonyms : cabal , complot , conspire , machinate(verb) ask for or request earnestly
"The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
synonyms : adjure , beseech , bid , entreat , press"i beseech you ,my friends, to love your enemies." -added by diviya_inlas
(verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
"raise the specter of unemployment", "he conjured wild birds in the air", "call down the spirits from the mountain"
synonyms : arouse , bring up , call down , call forth , conjure up , evoke , invoke , put forward , raise , stir
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Mnemonics for conjure
(Tag: ) con (come) + jure (jor). Put your "jor" (efforts) to make someone come.
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-5 (Tag: ) con refers to together,jury refers to political action,political actions are always involved with conspiracies
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-14 (Tag: eng) con+jure = con +jury... imagine the con and the jury are havin a secret meeting wherin they r discussing (imagining/inventing) a plan ...a magic to grant parole or free con from charges ..i.e. summon a devil...:)
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-0 (Tag: telugu..grandhikam) conjure is like..con and jure..so con is like kannu..and jure in telugu means to suck in..so..making a devil pull out your eye..kannu juresthaa kashmora pampinchi..
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-1 (Tag: Hindi) KAAN+JOR--main tere HAATH JORTA HOON KAAn JORTA hoon but please get conjured.
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Origin
c.1280, from O.Fr. conjurer, from L. conjurare "to swear together, conspire," from com- "together" + jurare "to swear." Magical sense is c.1300, for "constraining by spell" a demon to do one's bidding. added by iNTBOTS
Via French < Latin conjurare "bind with an oath," literally "swear together" < jurare (see jury)] added by bimal03
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