conjures (up)

verb

Definition of conjures (up)next
present tense third-person singular of conjure (up)
1
as in imagines
to form a mental picture of with certain flowers I instantly conjure up memories of our Caribbean honeymoon

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2
as in summons
to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers managed to conjure up the courage to ask the boss for a raise

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjures (up)
  1. imagines
  2. summons
  3. envisions
  4. gathers
  5. sees
Verb
  • Misty imagines sitting on a toilet and using real toilet paper.
    — Esther Zuckerman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Tim, Victoria, and Piper The episode begins with an obnoxious fake-out where Tim imagines killing himself, before sending most of the Ratliffs, save Saxon, off to the monastery so Tim and Victoria can have a look around this place where their daughter intends to live for at least a year.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of imagines
Verb
  • Gibbs will be summonsed to Boston Municipal Court for a litany of charges.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 6 May 2024
  • In November 2023, Ivanka Trump was summonsed to the New York State Supreme Court to testify against her father, Donald Trump, in a civil real estate fraud trial.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024
Definition of summons
Verb
  • The House version envisions one reconciliation bill while the Senate has proposed two.
    — Doug Criscitello, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The company envisions expanding into Australia and New Zealand markets, where the Great White Shark—the greatest golfer ever from Down Under—provides instant credibility.
    — Mike Dojc, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of envisions
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  • Dorothy's entourage accompanying her through Oz includes the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, and the Scarecrow, much like Michelle's trek gathers the Kid Cosmo robot, Keats, and the quirky size-swapping 'bot called Herman.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Its workforce is being slashed in half, and there have been deep cuts to the Office for Civil Rights and the Institute of Education Sciences, which gathers data on the nation’s academic progress.
    — Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of gathers
Verb
  • Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • And in fact, the IEA’s own medium-term forecast, out to 2030, suggests that oil demand will rise by 3 million barrels per day (mb/d) by 2030, versus the Stated Policies scenario in the latest World Energy Outlook, which sees 2030 oil demand as virtually unchanged from 2023.
    — Michael Lynch, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of sees
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“Conjures (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjures%20%28up%29. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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