Both Uses of
conjure
in
Gulliver's Travels
- My conductor pressed me forward, conjuring me in a whisper "to give no offence, which would be highly resented;" and therefore I durst not so much as stop my nose.†
Chpt 3 *
- I conjured him "to conceal from all persons what I had told him of the Houyhnhnms; because the least hint of such a story would not only draw numbers of people to see me, but probably put me in danger of being imprisoned, or burnt by the Inquisition."†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(conjure) summon into action or bring into existence -- often as if by magic