† conjuren.
Obsolete.
1. Conjuration, conjuring.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > involving demons or black magic > invocation
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1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 247 Him thought an hevenly figure, Which all by charme and by conjure Was wrought.
2. Conspiracy; = conjuration n. 1.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun]
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a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 95 And by conjures the seade of kyngs is thrust from staate.
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1. Originally U.S. regional (southern). [ < conjure v.] An African-American spiritual practice involving a syncretism of the supernatural and religious elements of African and Christian belief systems. Also: a charm or talisman designed to have either positive or negative effects on a person; the effect resulting from such a charm or talisman. Cf. trick n. 5c.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > spell > kinds of
night-spellc1390
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witches' prayer1663
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black paternoster1851
conjure1873
1873 M. B. Williams in Independent (N.Y.) 2 Oct. 1230/3 It ain't no snake-bite. Its a heap worse dan dat. Honey, I'm conjured; done gone dead wid conjure.
1893 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 16 Sept. 5/2 A small package of roots, herbs, lead and hair, which he says is ‘a hoodoo or conjure’.
1933 E. Caldwell God's Little Acre iii. 33 I don't take any stock in superstition and conjur and such things.
2000 Afr. Arts 33 96/1 New Orleans traditions of conjure and rootwork.
2. Originally U.S. regional (southern). General use as a modifier in sense Additions 1, as in conjure man, conjure woman, etc.Recorded earliest in conjure bag n. at Additions.
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1850 J. P. Kelly Let. 7 Oct. in J. Z. George Rep. High Court Mississippi (1867) 38 I came back from Georgia, and gat my head a little out of their conjur bag... O! that I could breake these conjur clouds off.
1899 C. W. Chesnutt Conjure Woman 146 En so w'en he did n' git no better, she..went ter see ole Aun' Peggy, de cunjuh 'oman.
1909 Sat. Evening Post 29 May 16/1 His mammy used to scare him with tales of the potent ‘conju-man’ who came down in this very swamp and changed skins with the devil.
2013 S. Moody-Turner in G. A. Jarrett Compan. Afr. Amer. Lit. xiii. 210 Annie..is willing to participate in Julius's conjure ritual.
conjure doctor n. originally U.S. regional (southern). a person skilled in the practice of conjure (see sense Additions 1).
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1873 Alexandria (Va.) Gaz. 23 Aug. She then consulted a conjure doctor who directed the nails to be placed in a small keg.
1895 L. Herron in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 360/2 The conjure doctor's business was of two kinds; to conjure, or ‘trick’, a person, and to cure persons already ‘conjured’.
2009 Jrnl. Film & Video 61 54/1 North Carolina's most famous root doctor or conjure doctor.
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conjure bag n. originally U.S. regional (southern) a charm consisting of a small bag or pouch containing an assortment of objects such as herbs, hair, coins, etc., intended to be used to ward off evil spirits or to gain control over another person.Originally in African-American spiritual practices of the southern United States (cf. hoodoo n. 1a), but later also adopted more generally. In quot. 1850 in figurative use.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > charm or amulet > other charms
unicorn's horn1451
Hand of Glory1707
touch piece1734
lamin1816
conjure bag1850
alicorn1930
1850 J. P. Kelly Let. 7 Oct. in J. Z. George Rep. High Court Mississippi (1867) 38 I came back from Georgia, and gat my head a little out of their conjur bag... O! that I could breake these conjur clouds off.
1898 H. S. Edwards Marbeau Cousins viii. 32 Her [sc. the African woman's] help was sought chiefly by women in labor.., and by those who wished the protection of ‘conjure bags’, the little amulets once so popular.
1930 Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune 21 Apr. 4/2 He..has..worn a ‘conjure bag’, bought from a voodoo king, for 20 years.
2017 S. Casas Old Style Conjure 125 The next work is to make a conjure bag to either carry or place in your vehicle. You need to sew a small red flannel bag [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
conjurev.
/kənˈdʒʊə/, U.S. /kənˈdʒʊ(ə)r/ (in sense III. usually)Brit. /ˈkʌn(d)ʒə/, U.S. /ˈkɑndʒər/, /ˈkəndʒər/ I. To swear together; to conspire.† 1. † b. to be conjured: to be sworn together in a confederacy or conspiracy. Obsolete.† 2. transitive. To plan by conspiracy; to conspire.
a. intransitive. To swear together; to make a privy compact by an oath; to form a conspiracy; to conspire. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise, vow, or pledge [verb (intransitive)] > band together by promise
conjure1382
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Kings ix. 14 Thanne Hieu..coniured aȝeynst Ioram.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Kings xii. 20 Forsothe his seruauntis rysen and coniureden bytwene hemseluen [a1425 L.V. and sworen togidere bitwixe hem silf].
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xv. 104 Grit men..that coniuris.
1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Iiiijv Though subiects do coniure For to rebell against their Prince and King.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. x. sig. V7v When those gainst states and kingdomes do coniure, Who then can thinke their hedlong ruine to recure. View more context for this quotation
a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James I in Wks. (1711) 5 People believe not that any Conjure against a Prince, till they find the Treason to have taken effect.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Conjure, to swear or conspire together.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise, vow, or pledge [verb (intransitive)] > be bound
swearc1050
plighta1325
surec1425
to be conjured1583
1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries i. 66 b The Prince of Orange and the rest of the Estates, who were coniured in the lowe Countreys.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 693 Art thou hee, Who..Drew after him the third part of Heav'ns Sons Conjur'd against the highest. View more context for this quotation
1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation liii. 576 The Guisian faction that..were conjured together to invade her kingdom.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > plot (a purpose) or hatch (a plot [verb (transitive)] > plan by conspiring
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contract1618
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conjurate-
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 103 Zethephius..promised so moche good that they coniured the deth of the king Appollo.
II. To constrain by oath, to charge or appeal to solemnly. (Conˈjure; in sense 3 formerly ˈconjure.)† 3. transitive. To constrain (a person to some action) by putting him upon his oath, or by appealing to something sacred; to charge or call upon in the name of some divine or sacred being; to adjure.
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the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > appeal to or invoke > in the name of something
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] > bind by a promise
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to speak for ——a1300
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c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 172/2291 And is Abbod cam to him bi-fore is ende-dai And coniurede him þat he scholde after is deþe þere to him comen.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxvi. 63 I couniour [a1425 L.V. coniure] thee by quycke God, that thou seie to vs, ȝif thou be Crist.
c1386 G. Chaucer Prioress's Tale 192.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17828 Baþ þoru þe lagh of moysi, And thoru þair godd adonai..þai coniurd þam na soth to hel.
?a1400 Chester Pl. II. 64 Alas! death I counger thee The life soune thou take from me.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin i. 22 I coniure the in the name of the fader, sone, and holy goste that thow haue no power me to be-gyle.
1638 Penit. Conf. (1657) xi. 302 The Priest is then conjur'd to secrecy.
1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iii. i. 224 I conjure thee ô thou creature of Galbanum..by the living God..that thou be for our defence.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. i. 21 He called loudly and repeatedly, conjuring the unkown person to appear.
4.
a. To entreat (a person) by something for which he has a strong regard; to appeal solemnly or earnestly to; to beseech, implore.
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the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > appeal to or invoke
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askOE
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incalla1340
to speak to ——1362
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to throw oneself on (or upon)1592
obsecrate1598
charm1599
to cry on ——1609
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imprecate1643
impray1855
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xviii. 301 I hym coniured for that he loved beste in the worlde that he wolde gon his weye.
1604 F. T. Case is Altered sig. C2v Shewing..all her wealth, which she coniured [him] to keepe secret.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iv. 290 He concluded with conjuring all his good Subjects..to joyn with him for the recovery of the Peace of That Kingdom.
1799 S. Turner Hist. Anglo-Saxons I. iv. x. 338 He conjured them to act like men.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 204 The prisoner..conjured Jeanie to tell her the particulars of the conference.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. x. 533 A Letter from the Queen, conjuring him to return without delay.
b. To earnestly entreat or beseech (something).
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the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)]
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I will thank you to do so-and-so1813
quest1897
to hit a person up for1917
a1704 T. Brown On Duke of Ormond's Recovery in Wks. (1707) I. i. 73 She..Conjures his aid, and Valour.
1823 W. Scott Peveril II. v. 114 I asked this interview, to conjure that you will break off all intercourse with our family.
III. To invoke by supernatural power, to effect by magic or jugglery. (ˈconjure; in sense 5 conˈjure is possible.)† 7. transitive. To affect by invocation or incantation; to charm, bewitch. (By the Protestant Reformers applied opprobriously to consecration.)With the same transition of sense as 6.
5.
a. To call upon, constrain (a devil or spirit) to appear or do one's bidding, by the invocation of some sacred name or the use of some ‘spell’. (Originally not distinct from 3, but in later times passing into 8.)
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [verb (transitive)] > invoke (a spirit)
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to call upc1390
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c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 35/45 Manie deuelene he coniurede þat huy to him wende.
c1325 Coer de L. 5491 A maytyr Negromancien That conjuryd, as I you telle, Thorwgh the feendes craft off helle, Twoo stronge feendes off the eyr.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xvi. l. 308 Iosephe..An ymage..Coniowred there. And the devel there Anon forth Ryht Owt of the ymage isswed.
?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Dvv He maye coniure the deuyll of helle and do hym saye what so euer he wyl axe of hym.
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. xii. f. 32 Thai yat abusis the name of god to coungeir ye deuil be inchantmentis.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 203 Wise men of Persia called Magi, vsed this herb when they were minded to coniure and raise vp spirits.
1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 7 The Fiend himselfe they coniure from his denne.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iv. 58.
a1627 T. Middleton Mayor of Quinborough (1661) v. i. 64 O, Devil, I conjure thee by Amsterdam.
1837 G. G. Macdougall tr. W. A. Graah Narr. Exped. East Coast Greenland 123 Each angekkok has..his own guardian spirit, or familiar, whom he conjures, and consults as his oracle.
b. Const. up, down, out, away. (Cf. 8.)
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [verb (transitive)] > invoke (a spirit)
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to call upc1390
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incant1926
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > (as if) by conjuring
conjure1637
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > effect by legerdemain [verb (transitive)] > remove
conjure1637
vanish1886
1637 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Elder Brother v. i. sig. I3v Ile conjure downe the spirit That I have raised in him.
1650 T. Bayly Worcesters Apophthegmes 99 As if..all the devils had bin conjur'd up.
1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. xiii. 119 When all these Spirits are conjured downe.
6. intransitive or absol. in same sense. a name to conjure with: a name of importance.Passing from the medieval sense sanctioned by religion, through that belonging to the belief in magic and witchcraft, to the practice of the modern professional ‘conjurer’ or juggler.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [verb (intransitive)] > invoke (a spirit)
conjure1393
the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > other specific names or types of name
the Holy Namec1440
Singh1623
specification1633
indigitamenta1657
explicative1669
ethnic1791
household name1804
class term1811
book name1815
biverb1831
class word1837
family name1840
class name1843
ananym1867
papponymic1875
autonym1879
throne name1880
demonymic1893
ethnonym1894
a name to conjure with1901
praise name1904
self-reference1948
exonym1957
specific1962
endonym1970
demonym1990
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 67 And therupon he gan conjure, So that..This lady..sigh her thought a dragon tho.
c1420 Anturs of Arth. xi Thenne coniurt the knyȝt, and on Cryst callus.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Li Who so euer..coniureth by his blessed passion.
a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. B3v If maister Burden could coniure as well as you, hee would haue his booke euerie night from Henly to study on at Oxford.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. ii. 147 Coniure with 'em [sc. the names], Brutus will start a Spirit as soone as Cæsar . View more context for this quotation
1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar ii. iv. 25 No sooner conjure, but the Devil's in the Circle.
1748 Acct. Voy. for Discov. North-west Passage I. 199 The Men colour their Faces with Black Lead..when they go to conjure.
1894 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Real Charlotte II. xxxi. 224 At about this time the person whose name Julia Duffy had so unfortunately selected to conjure with was sitting under a tree.
1901 J. N. McIlwraith Curious Career R. Campbell xxi. 263 These were the tried legions of France; Guienne, Berry, Béarn, [etc.]..names to conjure with, in Gilbert's estimation.
1917 E. Wallace Just Men of Cordova ii. 31 Black grew in prosperity. His was a name to conjure with in certain circles.
1930 R. Campbell Adamastor 104 ‘H. Wodson, a name to conjure with in the journalistic world.’—Natal Advertiser, edited by H. Wodson.
1954 I. Murdoch Under Net xi. 154 His name, little known to the public, is one to conjure with in Hollywood.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [verb (transitive)]
bigaleOE
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spell1646
maleficiate1651
to cast the glamour over one?17..
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spell-bind1808
makutu1825
trick1829
glamour1832
bespell1894
wizard1898
to put the fluence on1909
effascinate-
a1535 W. Tyndale Wks. 156 (R.) In coniuring of holy water they pray, that whosoeuer be sprinckled therewith may receave health as well of body as of soule.
1575 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 93 I began wonderfull straungelye to quiver and tremble and faynte..as if verilye I had bene coniurid or inchauntid therewith all.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 105 I therefore vouch againe, That with..some dram coniur'd [printed coniu'd] to this effect, He wrought vpon her. View more context for this quotation
1834 W. Godwin Lives Necromancers 346 The doctor [Faustus] at once conjured him, so that he could neither speak nor move.
8. To affect, effect, produce, bring out, convey away, by the arts of the conjurer or juggler.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > effect by legerdemain [verb (transitive)]
conjurea1535
jugglea1592
a1535 W. Tyndale Wks. 15 (R.) Thou canst proue nothing: thou canst neuer coniure out confession thence.
a1583 E. Grindal Remains (1843) (modernized text) 57 Christ took bread and left it bread: the priest taketh bread and conjureth it away.
1701 W. Paterson Proposals Council of Trade 85 By the Inchantment of Monopolies and Exclusions..to conjure away the greatest and best part of the Trade.
1748 Acct. Voy. for Discov. North-west Passage I. 236 One..telling the Governour of the Factory that he could conjure as good Brasil Tobacco as the Governour sold.
1785 W. Cowper Task i. 571 Great skill have they..To conjure clean away the gold they touch.
1832 H. Martineau Ireland iv. 67 Persuading the foreigners..that their vessel had been conjured away bodily to a distant point.
9. figurative. (Forms of speech originating in earlier notions of conjuring.)
a. To influence as by magic or occult power to do something; to bring about as by magic or supernatural influence.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [verb (transitive)] > influence or bring about as by magic
to conjure up1600
conjure1601
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > cause wonder, astonish [verb (transitive)] > bring about as if by magic
conjure1601
magic1906
1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. xxx. sig. R4 Nor deserues it maruaile, though it coniure harts to be the meanes of their owne ouerthrow.
1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. E4v My Lords friendship with Mountjoy, which the Queene her selfe did then conjure.
1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 5 Could the Press be conjured to obey only an Imprimatur.
b. To bring, get, move, convey, as by magic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transfer (as if) by magic
conjure1567
presto1831
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > cause wonder, astonish [verb (transitive)] > get or convey as if by magic
conjure1567
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > imagine or visualize [verb (transitive)]
seeOE
thinkOE
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imagec1390
dreama1393
supposea1393
imaginea1398
conceive?a1425
fantasyc1430
purposea1513
to frame to oneselfa1529
'magine1530
imaginate1541
fancy1551
surmit?1577
surmise1586
conceit?1589
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figurea1616
forma1616
to call up1622
propound1634
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vision1796
to conjure up1819
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envisage1836
to dream up1837
visualize1863
envision1921
pre-visualize1969
1567 Tales & Quicke Answ. (Berthelet) Contents lxxx Of the olde man that quengered the boy oute of the apletre with stones.
1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 510 So maist thou chaunce mock out a Benefice, Vnlesse thou canst one coniure by deuice.
1728 E. Young Love of Fame ii, in Wks. (1757) I. 99 Florello, thou my monitor shalt be; I'll conjure thus some profit out of thee.
1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals i. ii What has conjured you to Bath?
1820 ‘B. Cornwall’ Marcian Colonna ii. iv. 38 Art thou indeed no phantom which my brain Has conjured out of grief and desperate pain?
1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. iii. 97 These phantoms could be made to disappear by an act of the will, and might be conjured into existence in the same manner.
c. to conjure up: to raise or bring into existence as by magic, occult influence, the art or tricks of the conjuror; to cause to appear to the fancy.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [verb (transitive)] > influence or bring about as by magic
to conjure up1600
conjure1601
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > deceptive fancy or illusion > produce illusions [verb (transitive)]
to conjure up1600
hallucinate1834
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > effect by legerdemain [verb (transitive)] > bring into existence
to conjure up1600
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > imagine or visualize [verb (transitive)]
seeOE
thinkOE
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devise1340
portraya1375
imagec1390
dreama1393
supposea1393
imaginea1398
conceive?a1425
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to frame to oneselfa1529
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surmit?1577
surmise1586
conceit?1589
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to call up1622
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to conjure up1819
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envisage1836
to dream up1837
visualize1863
envision1921
pre-visualize1969
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 159 A manly enterprise, To coniure teares vp, in a poore maides eyes. View more context for this quotation
1759 R. Jackson Hist. Rev. Pennsylvania 237 A Remonstrance..was conjured up, from sundry Inhabitants.
1785 W. Cowper Task i. 151 My raptures are not conjur'd up To serve occasions of poetic pomp.
1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 14 My imagination would conjure up all I had heard or read of the watery world.
1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) i. 12 The very sight of the narrow old streets conjures up the scene.
d. To exorcise, allay, quiet.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > calmness > compose or make calm [verb (transitive)]
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coolc1330
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attemperc1386
lullc1386
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patise1891
de-tension1961
mellow1974
1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire V. xlii. 40 The mutinous spirit of the army had been conjured by the intrigues of a woman.
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