All 8 Uses of
conjure
in
Inkheart
- The shadows danced across the grass like servants conjured up by Dustfinger from some dark world for this occasion.†
conjured = summoned into action or brought into existence
- The comparison seemed to trouble her, for after that she kept quiet for almost an hour, which left Meggie with nothing to distract her from her miserable thoughts and the frightening pictures they conjured up for her in every tunnel.†
- Until now I, Basta, and the unfortunate Dustfinger are the only evidence that you can conjure up extraordinary magic out of little black letters.†
conjure = summon into action or bring into existence
- The words offered up no riches, none of the treasure chests, pearls, and swords set with precious stones that Mo's voice conjured up, shining and sparkling, until Capricorn's men felt as if they could pluck them from the air.†
conjured = summoned into action or brought into existence
- "There was a picture in Inkheart," he murmured, raising the palm of his hand over the tabletop as if to conjure up the picture itself.†
conjure = summon into action or bring into existence
- Let us use our magic and enchantments to conjure up a woman out of flowers.
*conjure = summon into existence by magic
- ...Math and Gwydyon took the flowers of oak and broom and meadowsweet and from these conjured up the loveliest and most beautiful girl anyone had seen; they baptized her with the form of baptism that was used then, and named her Blodeuedd.†
conjured = summoned into action or brought into existence
- He'll be no better off than the magician who conjured up a flower maiden for his nephew.†
Definition:
summon into action or bring into existence -- often as if by magic