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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
  • Zvyagintsev’s story, like Chabrol’s, imagines the tragic fallout of a husband discovering his wife’s infidelity.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
  • At the end, a segment imagines Rosso in 2255, with humanity living on a distant world ruled by AI.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of imagines
Verb
  • King drops elephants through the air, erects wobbly Towers of Babel, lets characters run amok with depictions of her own pencils, and then summons a hand with a knife to clear a clean space on the page.
    — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • When the lawman asks for compensation for the fallen man’s widow, Cypher’s Frank Tanner summons a force to battle him.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of summons
Verb
  • After a period of over-the-limit warming, the new strategy envisions getting back below the limit by ending fossil fuel use and developing some kind of way to suck industries' carbon dioxide out of the air.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The gentle track sees John reflect on parenthood and envisions watching his son grow up.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of envisions
Verb
  • In a kind of treasure hunt, Crouch gathers all the acorns on private lands.
    — Jessie Schiewe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Our home visiting program regularly gathers to share a meal, engage in a developmental activity and create a community for families.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of gathers
Verb
  • Taking a page from professional players associations, Abruzzo sees sectoral bargaining—where unions and multiple employers set baseline, industry-wide compensation and workplace standards—as the preferable long-term outcome for college athletes.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Later, in her dying moments, Wuornos sees Lizzie beckoning to her.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of sees
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Apple Watch Ultra 4 gets up to 50 hours of normal use.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • When Gen gets up to go to the bathroom, Kat confronts Cooper about not shutting Gen’s advances down.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of gets up
Verb
  • With nearly every surface painted to her liking, Jordan pictures herself staying in the apartment for a while.
    — Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of pictures
Verb
  • And ultimately, asked to prove themselves all over again to keep their often-fragile NFL dreams alive.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Hailing from humble beginnings in Greenwood, South Carolina, his experiences with football have always been centered around doing the impossible – dreams his father put in his head at an early age.
    — Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of dreams
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