conjure

Everyday

1. To conjure is to do magic, making things appear as if by magic. tree →
2. To conjure up is to call a picture, a fear or a scene into the mind. tree →

In the lessons

in the lessons, to make horrors or visions appear by magic, or to bring a frightening picture into the mind

Examples

• The magician can conjure a rabbit from his hat. tree →
• She began to conjure up all sorts of horrors. tree →
• The smell of pies conjures up memories of home. tree →
• The witch could conjure a storm. tree →

Note

nothing for maths; a trick that seems to change a count is only a trick, the true count stays the same.

In Jewish tradition

in the lessons, to make horrors or visions appear by magic, or to bring a frightening picture into the mind

Examples

• But on the most literal level, it means ‘wind’, as in the אַרְבָּע רוּחוֹת arbaʽ ruchot ‘four winds’ corresponding to the four cardinal directions, and is also conjured in the verb הֵרִיחַ heriach ‘to smell, breathe in (with the nostrils)’. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →

Note

nothing for maths; a trick that seems to change a count is only a trick, the true count stays the same.