Conjure, and often only a Conjurer could negate the spells effects.
Even now I find it harder to conjure up memories of Kennedy, harder to fall back under that inexplicable spell. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits, and appointed magicians to supervise it.And now the night conjured up from the waters a gluey fog. The idea of a snob tends to conjure the image of someone atop a hierarchy, sneering down.Fused, however, they metamorphosed into something that conjured improbable visions. The original meaning of conjure was to bind someone to do something by making them swear an oath.In women's magazines and educational material the apple conjures good food and health.David conjured an endless succession of rabbits out of his hat. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic raise the specter of unemployment he conjured wild birds in.Memories grow less vivid, recent experiences are unshared, and imagined caresses across the kilometres become harder to conjure.3 → a name to conjure with → conjure something ↔ up → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus conjure 2 CAUSE to make something appear or happen in a way which is not expected He has conjured victories from worse situations than this. From Middle English conjuren, from Old French conjurer, from Latin conir (I swear together conspire), from con- (with, together) + iro (I swear or take. ○○ verb 1 AP ROM to perform clever tricks in which you seem to make things appear, disappear, or change by magic The magician conjured a rabbit out of his hat.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Performing, Magic conjure con‧jure / ˈkʌndʒə $ ˈkɑːndʒər, ˈkʌn- /
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