Meaning of conjure up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To create or produce something, seemingly magically.
   transitive
2. To call up or command a spirit or devil by an incantation.
   transitive
3. To generate (an image or an idea) in one's mind.
   transitive

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Examples

“Like⟳ most persons utterly unused to deception, she could not imagine⟳ how it was to be managed; and her thoughts conjured up every probable and improbable embarrassment that might occur⟳.”

“Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race⟳. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define⟳ groups of people by race⟳ really a matter⟳ of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?”

“For his part, he told the New York Times in 2019 that he didn’t feel⟳ he could conjure up the requisite malevolence to play⟳ certain roles.”

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