conjures (up)

verb

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
  6. gets up
  7. pictures
  8. dreams
Verb
  • Bacon’s own utopian fantasy The New Atlantis imagines a brave technocratic future, and seemingly predicts everything from submarines to genetic modification and the internet.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Rooms With the Hanoi Opera House just steps away, each of Capella Hanoi's 47 rooms and suites imagines the private quarters of an opera legend.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of imagines
Verb
  • The result, in both its grace notes and its gestalt, freakishly summons the placeless, timeless, sunless anti-aesthetics of a turn-of-the-millennium strip-mall buffet.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
  • On the politics, his statement summons a legacy-killing disaster by wagering that nothing will go wrong, when something likely will go wrong during his presidency.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of summons
Verb
  • Tesla envisions the vehicle operating without a human driver as part of an autonomous ride-hailing service.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Last week, the government submitted a 106-page plan for the arch that envisions a massive structure more than 12 stories high that includes a huge bronze statue of Lady Liberty with wings and carrying a torch with an eternal flame.
    — Matthew Daly, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of envisions
Verb
  • People at the scene told Smith the cyclists were part of a group that regularly gathers for weekend bike rides.
    — News Editor, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Outside competition, the Panorama section gathers 12 features and five shorts from leading Asian directors.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of gathers
Verb
  • What the viewer sees is how a GM’s decisions require expertise extending beyond straight analytical capability.
    — Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • As King Olav Haraldsson wages a brutal campaign to unite Norway under one throne and one God, Aud, a gifted blacksmith, sees her world torn apart.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of sees
Verb
  • Every team gets up for the defending champions, and the Predators get the Canes in their own building.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Bastian gets up, goes inside, and sits down with his family for dinner.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of gets up
Verb
  • Pawlikowski is also the director of the 2013 Ida, as well 2018’s Cold War, pictures that, like this one, deftly balance postwar Eastern Bloc realities with the truth that all humans strive for connection and belonging.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Roddy Ho is not written as physically fit in Mick Herron’s Slough House books, on which the Apple TV spy show is based — though the character certainly pictures himself that way.
    — Lisa de los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of pictures
Verb
  • But there is still hope in a season with 13 games left and Super Bowl dreams flickering.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Rounding out their trio is Hazel (Kennedi Reece), a sweet, naive young woman, completely sheltered by her conservative upbringing but determined to follow her Michelle Obama dreams.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of dreams
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“Conjures (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjures%20%28up%29. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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