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conjuring up

conjuring up is the present participle and gerund of conjure up.

Meaning of conjure up

Verb

conjure up (third-person singular simple present conjures up, present participle conjuring up, simple past and past participle conjured up)

  1. (transitive) To create or produce something, seemingly magically.
  2. (transitive) To call up or command a spirit or devil by an incantation.
  3. (transitive) To generate (an image or an idea) in one's mind.
    • Like most persons utterly unused to deception, she could not imagine how it was to be managed; and her thoughts conjured up every probable and improbable embarrassment that might occur.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 252

Questions about conjuring up

What is conjuring up the present participle and gerund of?
Conjuring up is the present participle and gerund of conjure up.

Words near conjuring up in the dictionary

  1. conjurewomen
  2. conjuries
  3. conjurin'
  4. conjuring
  5. conjuring trick
  6. conjuring up
  7. conjurings
  8. Conjuringverse
  9. conjuror
  10. conjurors
  11. conjurour

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