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
  • Saturday Night Live host, actor and comedian Druski starred in a sketch that imagined a prelude to You Can See Everything, the metadocumentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.
    — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Her parents could never have imagined on February 27, 1932, just how much their newborn baby would achieve artistically.
    — Estrella Albendea Ruiz, Vanity Fair, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of imagined
Verb
  • The soldier who admonished Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's group for laughing after taking photos at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier after a Veterans Day ceremony was summoned to the Pentagon on Thursday and awarded a medal.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Rapt throngs were materializing out of nowhere, summoned by signals that had circled the planet.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of summoned
Verb
  • The Railyards is one of the region’s most complicated and expensive properties, and for decades has been envisioned as a path to doubling the size of downtown and connecting disjointed sections of the city’s urban core.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Fayethe Vongsouvanh, an art director, envisioned using the Duo for editing photos and planning their wedding.
    — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of envisioned
Verb
  • This week, ahead of Abu Dhabi’s flagship energy conference ADIPEC, senior executives and CEOs from the energy industry gathered to discuss the challenges facing the industry under the Chatham House Rule.
    — Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • At the news conference, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said investigators at his office gathered video evidence, interviewed witnesses and worked closely with prosecutors to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 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
  • Hagens, in obvious pain, got up slowly and made his way to the bench.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2026
  • In between the dinner of chicken pot pie — the long-standing dinner tradition at the CFDA Awards —and the accolades, guests got up and mixed and mingled among the tables underneath the life-sized, 94-foot-long, 21,000-pound giant blue whale.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of got up
Verb
  • She is pictured here as a senior in high school being interviewed by CBS West Palm Beach affiliate while studying to become a pilot.
    — Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • There will soon even be a new local arthouse distributor in play, thanks to Matt Kelson’s CineYama (pictured above).
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of pictured
Verb
  • Myers still lives in the town where Houndmouth was conceived — New Albany, Indiana, situated right across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky.
    — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The short was conceived as part of a broader collaboration with Dior, with Anderson originating the idea and Martin Latham helping develop the screenplay.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of conceived
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“Conjured (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjured%20%28up%29. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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