Nine times out of ten, it will conjure up an image of a brooding, sweaty, long-haired hunk.
It used to be that the only political villains we could conjure up were men.
Nor can Saudi Arabia expect to conjure up a new league between Arab states as a strategic alternative to America.
It makes me think Breaking Bad is hurtling toward as perfect an ending as anyone could conjure up on cable TV.
Central banks can conjure up vast sums of money at the push of a button.
I try in vain to conjure up a panoramic view of the neighborhood.
It appears as if by spoken utterance we conjure up the danger.
This great evil the landlords could conjure up, but they have not been able to lay it since.
The torment of trying to conjure up that face was inconceivable.
He tried to conjure up his agony of longing for his mistress.
late 13c., "command on oath," from Old French conjurer "invoke, conjure" (12c.), from Latin coniurare "to swear together; conspire," from com- "together" (see com-) + iurare "to swear" (see jury (n.)). Magical sense is c.1300, for "constraining by spell" a demon to do one's bidding. Related: Conjured; conjuring. Phrase conjure up "cause to appear in the mind" (as if by magic) attested from 1580s.
