ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONJURE
From Old French conjurer to plot, from Latin conjūrāre to swear together, form a conspiracy, from jūrāre to swear.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CONJURE
PRESENT
Present
I conjure
you conjure
he/she/it conjures
we conjure
you conjure
they conjure
Present continuous
I am conjuring
you are conjuring
he/she/it is conjuring
we are conjuring
you are conjuring
they are conjuring
Present perfect
I have conjured
you have conjured
he/she/it has conjured
we have conjured
you have conjured
they have conjured
Present perfect continuous
I have been conjuring
you have been conjuring
he/she/it has been conjuring
we have been conjuring
you have been conjuring
they have been conjuring
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I conjured
you conjured
he/she/it conjured
we conjured
you conjured
they conjured
Past continuous
I was conjuring
you were conjuring
he/she/it was conjuring
we were conjuring
you were conjuring
they were conjuring
Past perfect
I had conjured
you had conjured
he/she/it had conjured
we had conjured
you had conjured
they had conjured
Past perfect continuous
I had been conjuring
you had been conjuring
he/she/it had been conjuring
we had been conjuring
you had been conjuring
they had been conjuring
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will conjure
you will conjure
he/she/it will conjure
we will conjure
you will conjure
they will conjure
Future continuous
I will be conjuring
you will be conjuring
he/she/it will be conjuring
we will be conjuring
you will be conjuring
they will be conjuring
Future perfect
I will have conjured
you will have conjured
he/she/it will have conjured
we will have conjured
you will have conjured
they will have conjured
Future perfect continuous
I will have been conjuring
you will have been conjuring
he/she/it will have been conjuring
we will have been conjuring
you will have been conjuring
they will have been conjuring
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would conjure
you would conjure
he/she/it would conjure
we would conjure
you would conjure
they would conjure
Conditional continuous
I would be conjuring
you would be conjuring
he/she/it would be conjuring
we would be conjuring
you would be conjuring
they would be conjuring
Conditional perfect
I would have conjure
you would have conjure
he/she/it would have conjure
we would have conjure
you would have conjure
they would have conjure
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been conjuring
you would have been conjuring
he/she/it would have been conjuring
we would have been conjuring
you would have been conjuring
they would have been conjuring
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you conjure
we let´s conjure
you conjure
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
conjuring
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 QUOTES WITH «CONJURE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
conjure.
Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains.
A studio allows me more freedom. You can create your own sort of reality which is actually more exciting than shooting on location. You can conjure up a complete atmosphere of escapism for the public.
I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could always, or nearly always, conjure up some unexpected combination to extricate me from my difficulties.
It's hard for me to assess what I brought because each time you pick up a camera and point it at a person, you're trying to define that person so to talk generally is difficult because I have to think of a given image in order to conjure up what we're talking about.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
In my view, a philanthropist is anyone who gives anything - time, money, experience, skills or networks - in any amount, to create a better world. This is not how we once thought about philanthropy. The word used to conjure up something rather passive - sitting down and writing checks.
Getting older, I realize I've had a very fortunate life. I've had a budget that's allowed me to do just about any silly little thing the mind could conjure up, and I'm still alive and here.
I have always thought of poems as stepping stones in one's own sense of oneself. Every now and again, you write a poem that gives you self-respect and steadies your going a little bit farther out in the stream. At the same time, you have to conjure the next stepping stone because the stream, we hope, keeps flowing.
My parents were lured to America by the democracy here promised. In our family, freedom was a word to conjure by. Hoping for larger privileges for the growing family of children, they brought them to the New World, the world of many intellectual as well as material advantages.
As a child, I felt that Hallowe'en was a time when creatures of the night suddenly came to life - we would turn off all the lights in the house and let flickering candlelight conjure up scary shadows and create the effect of imaginary figures lurking in dark corners.
No doubt many people have the feeling that to talk about death at all is, in effect, to conjure it up mentally, to bring it closer in such a way that one has to face up to the inevitability of one's own eventual demise. So, to spare ourselves this psychological trauma, we decide just to try to avoid the topic as much as possible.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONJURE»
Discover the use of
conjure in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
conjure and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Conjure in African American Society
He also examines the actual work performed by conjurers, including the use of pharmacologically active herbs to treat illness, psychology to ease mental ailments, fear to bring about the death of enemies and acquittals at trials, and advice ...
Jeffrey E. Anderson, 2008
Conjure is Michael Donaghy’s third collection, and his most accomplished to date, displaying the same trademark elegance, sleight of hand and philosophical wit that have established his reputation as a ‘poet’s poet’.
3
Tales of
Conjure and The Color Line: 10 Stories
Outstanding, affordably priced volume presents a selection of 10 best stories by a pioneer in the development of African-American fiction: "The Goophered Grapevine," "Po’ Sandy," "Sis’ Becky’s Pickaninny," "The Wife of His Youth," ...
Charles Waddell Chesnutt, 2012
4
The
Conjure-man Dies: A Mystery Tale of Dark Harlem
Originally published in 1932, this book is the first known mystery novel written by an African-American.
5
The
Conjure Woman and Other
Conjure Tales
His characters deal with difficult issues of miscegenation, illegitimacy, racial identity and social place. The stories in "The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales" were Chesnutt's first great literary success.
Charles W. Chesnutt, 2011
6
The Candle and the Crossroads: A Book of Appalachian
Conjure ...
Foxwood explains magical techniques including: Spirit SightWorking by the Signs (the ability to synchronize work such as farming, fertility of humans and animals, orcharding)ConjuringFaith HealingSettling the Light (candle magic)Doctoring ...
7
Conjure Tales and Stories of the Color Line
Gathers stories that reflected changing racial attitudes in America, probed the psychological depths of southern blacks, and gave literary voice to the broad range of the African-American experience.
Charles Waddell Chesnutt, William L. Andrews, 2000
Raine Benares is a seeker who finds lost things and people.
9
The
Conjure Cookbook: Making Magic with Oils, Incense, ...
In this easy to use formulary you can find recipes for almost 200 different conjure formulas according to old-fashioned methods. Instructions, history and tables of substitution are all included. Make some magic with The Conjure Cookbook.
10
Hoodoo, voodoo, and
conjure: a handbook
Hoodoo, voodoo, and conjure are part of a mysterious world of magic that has long captured the popular imagination. This book is a convenient introduction to the subject for students and general readers.
Jeffrey E. Anderson, 2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONJURE»
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conjure is used in the context of the following news items.
Nibali unable to conjure up repeat result on Tour de France cobbles
No man, according to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, steps in the same river twice, and what rang true 2,500 years ago in Ephesus also ... «Cyclingnews.com, Jul 15»
“South Carolina does not do subtle racism”: My life inside a …
I finally responded with the only reasonable words I could conjure: “Because that's what we're taught.” Sometimes this education is direct and ... «Salon, Jul 15»
Big Ashes Preview: Can Cook's England fight fire with fire against …
But can Johnson, inching closer to 34 years of age, still conjure that type of performance consistently? His Australian summer was good without ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
Boomlet at Bernie's
Welcome to the boomlet for Bernie Sanders, in which Democrats frustrated with the coronation of Hillary Clinton try to conjure a repeat of the ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
How Brazil Designed Its Shapeshifting Olympic Torch
The bottom ring represents the dark Copacabana sidewalk, two blue ripples conjure the sea, a jagged green line brings to mind the mountain ... «Wired, Jul 15»
White House wants to expand people's access to solar energy
Some organizations in over 20 states also promise to conjure up 260 solar projects in an effort to help low-income families. To make the ... «Engadget, Jul 15»
Heightened imagination for smell may drive food cravings, weight gain
New research has found that compared with people of normal weight, obese people conjure up more vivid images of aromas. The ability to ... «Bend Bulletin, Jul 15»
Entanglement/That Man Stephen Ward review – notorious deaths …
No easy evening, then. In Entanglement, receiving its premiere, composer Charlotte Bray and librettist Amy Rosenthal conjure Ruth Ellis, who ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Tree houses: are wooden skyscrapers the future of tall buildings?
While the idea of timber towers may conjure up visions of multi-storey Swiss chalets, or high-rise log-cabins, these skyscrapers are not the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
When Did Going to Church Become Taboo?
When you tell people you're a Christian now, many of them conjure Fox News, not morning mass. Or you just don't tell them at all. The shift ... «MarieClaire.com, Jul 15»
