conjured (up)

verb

past tense of conjure (up)
1
as in imagined
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 summoned
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 conjured (up)
  1. imagined
  2. summoned
  3. envisioned
  4. gathered
  5. saw
  6. got up
  7. pictured
  8. conceived
Verb
  • His first project at the house was a film starring Demi Moore that imagined Gucci as a family business owned by a wealthy matriarch in California.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Inspired by Cuba and its changing political and cultural landscape, Chalayan imagined severe uniform-like shells washing away to expose new possibilities.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of imagined
Verb
  • For example, the person cannot change residence or travel to another municipality or province without authorization and must appear before the court when summoned.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Reactionary beliefs and conspiratorial thinking are thus summoned out of these hipsters like a cobra from a basket.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of summoned
Verb
  • Eleanor envisioned an observational film in the vein of Frederick Wiseman, and the doc is narrated by actress Diane Lane, a longtime Coppola family collaborator, who reads Eleanor’s contemporaneous diary entries from twenty years ago.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The yacht’s entire design was envisioned with the physical and mental well-being of the individual in mind.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of envisioned
Verb
  • The students of the Aburi Girls Boarding School in central Ghana have gathered to perform for a recruiter from the Miss Ghana pageant.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2026
  • On the other side of Via Solari, a handful of policemen gathered around dozens of demonstrators, who ardently—but peacefully—chanted for entirely different reasons.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of gathered
Verb
  • In the book, Covey tells the story of a man relentlessly sawing down a tree.
    — Tony Gambill, Forbes.com, 2 June 2026
  • Jordan Walker, sawed off by a 96 mph sinker, lined out softly.
    — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026
Definition of saw
Verb
  • Now, Entertainment Weekly looks back at what the cast of The Love Boat got up to after their years at sea.
    — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Raine fortunately landed flush on her buttocks, rather than on bone, and got up, leaving the Saloon without a backwards glance.
    — Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of got up
Verb
  • Akhibi, sitting in front of a Peak and Pace flag, pictured at a club event.
    — Megan Sauer, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
  • And nobody pictured Kraft suddenly talking about them, as if Deshaun Watson suddenly took over his body.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of pictured
Verb
  • From every theoretical point of view, Dovner was transforming the Soviet system, which had been conceived as something of perfect, crystalline purity.
    — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Rothman conceived of the idea shortly after moving to Nashville during the pandemic and connecting with the Americana scene.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of conceived
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