| 单词 | a name to conjure with |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa name to conjure with 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. ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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