conjure sb/sth up
— phrasal verb with conjure /ˈkʌn.dʒər/
/-dʒɚ/ verb [I or T] Definition
› to ask the spirit of a dead person or an imaginary being to appear, by using special wordsMagic
(Definition of conjure sb/sth up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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