All 4 Uses of
conjure
in
True Believer, by Sparks
- Alvin Bernstein, whose name conjured up a clean-cut, bespectacled accountant—one of the countless professionals who wore Florsheim shoes and carried a briefcase to work— didn't look like an Alvin Bernstein.†
Chpt 1conjured = summoned into action or brought into existence
- They want them removed because they believe that it's really possible to conjure up evil and that kids who read this stuff might accidentally inspire Satan to run amok in our town.†
Chpt 4conjure = summon into action or bring into existence
- "Uh," Jeremy said, trying to summon a response in the midst of the vision that had been conjured up in his mind.†
Chpt 5 *conjured = summoned into action or brought into existence
- Though she wasn't particularly interested and was sometimes even frightened by the images conjured up, his slow, melodic drawl was strangely soothing, and she never tried to change the subject.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
summon into action or bring into existence -- often as if by magic