to do clever tricks such as making things seem to appear or disappear as if by magic:
[V] Her grandfather taught her to conjure. * [VN+adv./prep.] He could conjure coins from behind people's ears.
PHRASALVERBS
conjure sth<->up
1 to make sth appear as a picture in your mind
SYNEVOKE:
That smell always conjures up memories of holidays in France. * He strained to conjure up her face and voice, but they had vanished.
2 to ask the spirit of a dead person to appear by using special words
conjure sth from / out of sth to create sth or make sth appear in a surprising or unexpected way:
He conjured a delicious meal out of a few leftovers.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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