conjure up



conjure someone or something up

 
1. Lit. to make someone or something appear, seemingly by the use of magic. The magician conjured seven white doves up. Then an old wizard conjured up a horse.
2. Fig. to manage to locate someone or something. I think I can conjure a pencil up for you. Do you think you can conjure up a large coffee urn in the next half hour?
3. Fig. to manage to think up or imagine someone or something in one's mind. Can you conjure a vision of grandma up? All I could do was to conjure up happy memeories.
See also: conjure, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mads-Danish
Young-Jayung-jahKorean
Gianluigijahn-loo-EE-geeItalian
Adrijan-Croatian, Macedonian
Jocastajo-KAS-tə (English)Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Verona-Various