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    CONJURE UP

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magicplay

    Example:

    call down the spirits from the mountain

    Synonyms:

    arouse; bring up; call down; call forth; conjure; conjure up; evoke; invoke; put forward; raise; stir

    Classified under:

    Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

    Hypernyms (to "conjure up" is one way to...):

    call up; summon (cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively)

    Verb group:

    call forth; evoke; kick up; provoke (evoke or provoke to appear or occur)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "conjure up"):

    anathemise; anathemize; bedamn; beshrew; curse; damn; imprecate; maledict (wish harm upon; invoke evil upon)

    bless (give a benediction to)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something

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