All 3 Uses of
conjure
in
Moby Dick
- Stammering out something, I knew not what, I rolled away from him against the wall, and then conjured him, whoever or whatever he might be, to keep quiet, and let me get up and light the lamp again.†
Chpt 1-3 *
- He vows and declares, Monsieur, that the other whale, the dried one, is far more deadly than the blasted one; in fine, Monsieur, he conjures us, as we value our lives, to cut loose from these fish.†
Chpt 91-93
- For God's sake—I beg, I conjure"—here exclaimed the stranger Captain to Ahab, who thus far had but icily received his petition.†
Chpt 127-129
Definition:
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(conjure) summon into action or bring into existence -- often as if by magic