单词 | conjuration |
释义 | conjurationn. I. Banding together by oath, conspiracy. 1. A swearing together; a making of a league by a common oath; a banding together against a superior power; conspiracy. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > an agreement forewardOE accordc1275 covenant1297 end1297 form1297 frettec1330 conjurationc1374 treatc1380 bargainc1386 contractc1386 comenaunt1389 compositionc1405 treaty1427 pact1429 paction1440 reconventionc1449 treatisea1464 hostage1470 packa1475 trystc1480 bond (also band) of manrent1482 covenance1484 concordance1490 patisement1529 capitulation1535 conventmenta1547 convenience1551 compact1555 negotiation1563 sacrament1563 match1569 consortship1592 after-agreementa1600 combourgeoisie1602 convention1603 comburghership1606 transaction1611 end-makingc1613 obligement1627 bare contract1641 stipulation1649 accompackmentc1650 rue-bargaina1657 concordat1683 minute1720 tacka1758 understanding1803 meet1804 it's a go1821 deal1863 whizz1869 stand-in1870 gentlemen's agreement1880 meeting of minds1883 the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] > specific conjurationc1374 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. iv. 18 Canius..was accused by Gayus Cesar..þat he was knowyng and consentyng of a coniuracioun maked aȝeins hym. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Kings xi. 14 And sche [Athaliah] kytt hyre clothis, and cryede, Conjuracioun! conjuracioun! a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. D The coniuracion, that Catilina inuented agaynste his countreye. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 265 He was firste one of that coniuration, which was called the Barons warre. 1657 M. Hawke Killing is Murder & No Murder 46 Some nocturnal conjurations, and meetings of some malevolent persons. 1764 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. in Lett. I. xxi. 152 A conjuration against the King's life. 1891 Sc. Leader 29 June 4 Another secret society of criminals has been broken up by the Italian police. A most ferocious conjuration it would seem to be. 1907 W. G. Holmes Age Justinian & Theodora II. viii. 519 Communication and conjuration between the first two sections was established at Carthage. II. Constraining by oath, invoking of spirits, conjuring. 2. A solemn charging or calling upon by appeal to something sacred or binding; solemn appeal or entreaty, adjuration. archaic or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > invocation or appeal bodec1175 stevenc1200 crya1300 askingc1330 prayerc1330 beseeching1340 invocationc1384 billc1386 conjuringa1400 pealc1400 conjurationc1450 adjuration?1473 remonstrance?1473 interpellation1526 contestation1548 address1570 vocation1574 imprecation1585 appellation1587 supplantation1590 advocation1598 application1607 invoking1611 inclamation1613 conjurement1643 bespeaking1661 vocative1747 incalling1850 appeal1859 appealing1876 appealingness1876 rogative1882 cri de cœur1897 c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 2636 Cuthbert gretely was astonyd Of hir coniuracioun þat tyde. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V i. ii. 29 We charge you in the name of God take heed..After this coniuration, speake my Lord. 1660 J. S. Andromana iii. iii Andr. By that love, by all those vows have pass'd Betwixt us, hear me. Plangus. O Heaven! is that a conjuration! 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 47 That season, however, invoked by so many vows, conjurations and prayers, did not come. 3. a. The effecting of something supernatural by the invocation of a sacred name or by the use of some spell; originally the compelling of spirits or demons, by such means, to appear and do one's bidding. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > involving demons or black magic > invocation conjuringc1300 conjurisonc1380 exorcizationc1384 conjurationc1386 invocation1390 conjure1393 adjurationc1405 exorcism1430 devocation1623 evocation1633 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋529 Thilke horrible sweryng of Adiuracion and coniuracion as doon thise false Enchauntours or Nigromanciens. c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) ii. 603 I trow he ys bewytchyd by sum coniuracion. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 233 Quhen fendis distrenȝit ar For till apper and mak ansuar, Throu force off coniuracioune [1489 Adv. coniuracioun]. 1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 8 Sondrie persons..practised inuocations and coniuracions of spirites. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 76 Conjuration..seemeth by prayers and invocation upon the powerfull name of God, to compell the Devill to say or doe what hee commandeth. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 447/2 Simple people think that what..Juglers..do is through Conjuration and Witchcraft. 1793 ‘P. Pindar’ Poet. Epist. to Pope 19 Full of Negro faith in conjuration. 1837 G. G. Macdougall tr. W. A. Graah Narr. Exped. East Coast Greenland 123 I have frequently been present on such occasions of conjuration. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 635 The word king was a word of conjuration. It was associated in the minds of many Englishmen with the idea of a mysterious character derived from above. b. Applied opprobriously. ΚΠ 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1348/2 How the institution of holy water and holy bread, not onlye had no ground in scripture, but also how ful of prophane exorcismes & coniurations they wer. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Whitsunday ii, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 463 They..think it [baptism] is not well nor orderly done, unless they use conjuration; unless they hallow the water. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xliv. 337 A..generall abuse of Scripture is the turning of Consecration into Conjuration. 4. A magical form of words used in conjuring; a magic spell, incantation, charm. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > spell galderOE lede-runec1000 sigalderc1000 craftOE lede spelc1275 charma1300 conjurisonc1380 conjurationa1398 incantation1412 saunter1562 blessing1572 fascination1572 spell1579 lot1625 cantation1656 cantion1656 take1678 jynx1693 cantrip1719 pishogue1829 brujería1838 paternoster1880 goofer1887 runea1935 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xcv. 1245 Þe serpent..stoppeþ his eere for he wil nouȝt hiere þe enchauntours coniurisouns. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. xix. f. 155 Oyle..saluted in thys maner; thrise Haile holy oyle: thrise Hayle holy chresme: thrise Hayle holy balme. Oute of whom haue they sucked such coniurations? 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits vii. 93 Wordes and coniurations, which make the diuell to tremble. 1831 W. S. Landor Inez de Castro in Wks. (1846) II. 603 Those spells, Those conjurations, and those incantations. 5. transferred. Performance of magical art or sleight of hand; conjuring. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun] colea1307 jugglingc1380 tregetryc1380 jugglerya1400 tregettingc1440 legerdemaina1450 jocularya1500 conveyance1531 prestigiation?c1550 conjuring1577 figgum1631 prestigion1635 sleight of handa1640 hocus-pocus1647 sleight1664 jugglementa1708 thaumaturgy1727 conjurationa1734 ventriloquism1797 magic1831 prestidigitation1841 hocus1854 conjury1855 a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vii. §52 541 Others, by the same Conjuration, were set out and launched for Protestants. 1826 in W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 23 Sept. 790 Are these schemers to go before this conjuration Committee? 1846 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic (ed. 2) ii. ii. §2 The notion that the investigation of truth consisted entirely or partly in some kind of conjuration or juggle with those names. 1884 Sir J. Bacon in Law Times' Rep. 51 355/2 No conjuration can make any difference between them. 6. A conjuring-trick. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun] > a trick colea1307 playa1475 conveyance1534 legerdemain?1544 prank1555 convoyance1578 sleight1596 pass1599 paviea1605 trick1609 sleight of handa1626 hocus-pocus1647 juggle1664 hocus-trickc1680 passe-passe1687 jugglementa1708 thaumaturgics1721 necromantics1745 conjuration1820 1820 S. T. Coleridge Lett., Conversat., & Recoll. I. 88 A man ignorant of the law whence these conjurations [scientific experiments] proceeded. 1825 New Monthly Mag. 15 12/2 The Christmas public may meet with a multiplicity of incomprehensible conjurations. 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