conjure

Etymology

From Middle English conjuren, from Old French conjurer, from Latin coniūrō (“I swear together; conspire”), from con- (“with, together”) + iūro (“I swear or take an oath”).

verb

1. (intransitive) To perform magic tricks.
   He started conjuring at the age of 15, and is now a famous stage magician.
2. (transitive) To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.
3. (intransitive, archaic) To practice black magic.
   "Thou great Norman lump!" he muttered. "If I conjure till Doomsday, I cannot make thee gold." 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 7
4. (transitive, archaic) To enchant or bewitch.
5. (transitive) To evoke.
6. (transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.
7. (transitive, archaic) To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.
8. (intransitive, obsolete) To conspire or plot.

noun

1. (African-American Vernacular) The practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.