Thesaurus results for CONJURES (UP)

conjures (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of conjure (up)

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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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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That’s certainly the case in the epic poem The Odyssey, which imagines a push and pull between Athena and her uncle Poseidon over the fate of Odysseus.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 July 2026
One imagines Naipaul returning from Jonestown and San Francisco, shaping despair into limber, unforgettable sentences, approaching the absolute terror and humanity of his moment—and none of it mattered.

— Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 14 July 2026

Definition of imagines

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Lebeña envisions a change in which all Cubans have access to voice, text and data with international connectivity without restrictions.

— Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Archer envisions Halo serving several industries where transporting cargo quickly to remote or difficult-to-access locations remains a challenge.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026

Definition of envisions

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Analyst Divya Gangahar sees several positives ahead of the company's quarterly results in early August, including improving demand and accelerating growth.

— Michael Bloom, CNBC, 25 July 2026
Unlike standard hearing and vision tests, these assessments examine how the brain interprets what the child hears and sees and may help identify underlying weaknesses contributing to behaviors associated with ADHD or autism.

— Jillian Pretzel, Parents, 25 July 2026

Definition of sees

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Petrarch pictures the ghosts of Homer and Ennius together, and Homer’s ghost points out to Ennius a solitary figure, Francescus, working on a great epic poem, Africa.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
And Trey pictures his dad still in the third base coach’s box for the Dodgers.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

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