All 6 Uses of
conjure
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- For some time I was lost in conjecture as to the cause of this, but yesterday an idea struck me, and if it is well founded, I conjure you to avow it.†
p. 156.1 *conjure = summon into action or bring into existence
- Interpret my words with candour and answer me, I conjure you, with confidence and sincerity.†
p. 157.1
- I walked up and down my room hastily and perturbed, while my imagination conjured up a thousand images to torment and sting me.†
p. 173.6conjured = summoned into action or brought into existence
- Answer me, I conjure you by our mutual happiness, with simple truth—Do you not love another?†
p. 192.0conjure = summon into action or bring into existence
- But until then, I conjure you, do not mention or allude to it.†
p. 194.0
- After passing several hours, we returned hopeless, most of my companions believing it to have been a form conjured up by my fancy.†
p. 200.4conjured = summoned into action or brought into existence
Definition:
summon into action or bring into existence -- often as if by magic