conjuringn.
The action of conjure v.† 1. Conspiring. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > promising
behotingc1300
beheting1303
warranting1303
hightinga1387
hightingc1390
pollicitationc1455
plighting1555
conjuring1589
1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxix. 128 Nor other than confusion to their still coniuring fell.
2. Solemn appeal; adjuration.
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the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > invocation or appeal
bodec1175
stevenc1200
crya1300
askingc1330
prayerc1330
beseeching1340
invocationc1384
billc1386
conjuringa1400
pealc1400
conjurationc1450
adjuration?1473
remonstrance?1473
interpellation1526
contestation1548
address1570
vocation1574
imprecation1585
appellation1587
supplantation1590
advocation1598
application1607
invoking1611
inclamation1613
conjurement1643
bespeaking1661
vocative1747
incalling1850
appeal1859
appealing1876
appealingness1876
rogative1882
cri de cœur1897
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17807 We þam sal thoru coniuring, Do tell us of his uprising.
1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα 132 These pious and pathetick conjurings, these divine prayings, and charitable beseechings.
3.
a. Magical invocation; working of magic, performance of conjurer's tricks. Also figurative.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > involving demons or black magic > invocation
conjuringc1300
conjurisonc1380
exorcizationc1384
conjurationc1386
invocation1390
conjure1393
adjurationc1405
exorcism1430
devocation1623
evocation1633
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun]
colea1307
jugglingc1380
tregetryc1380
jugglerya1400
tregettingc1440
legerdemaina1450
jocularya1500
conveyance1531
prestigiation?c1550
conjuring1577
figgum1631
prestigion1635
sleight of handa1640
hocus-pocus1647
sleight1664
jugglementa1708
thaumaturgy1727
conjurationa1734
ventriloquism1797
magic1831
prestidigitation1841
hocus1854
conjury1855
c1300 K. Alis. 345 Whiles he made conjuryng, Scheo saw..a dragon adoun lyght.
1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 63 There stode be-fore hym one that dwellyd in Charterus lane wyth a screpture on hys brest for coungerynge.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. iii. sig. H.viijv/1 In coniuring, iuggling, or sorcerie.
1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. ii. 57 What manner of Conjurings or Inchantments they were that they made use of.
1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 6 The boldest feats of verbal conjuring.
1886 Garenne (title) Art of Modern Conjuring, Magic, and Illusions.
b. attributive. Also figurative.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [adjective]
juggling?1531
sleight1533
prestigious?1534
juggled1536
conjuring1552
legerdemain1576
prestigiatory1588
hocus-pocus1668
presto1826
prestidigital1856
prestidigitatory1860
prestidigitatorial1861
presto changeo1923
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Coniurynge styck whych coniurers and sorcerers do vse in raysynge spirites.
1567 Roper in E. Grindal Remains (1843) (modernized text) 211 To minister in those conjuring garments of popery.
1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. vi. 104 in Church-hist. Brit. He..saw his Conjuring-books burned before his face.
1735 J. Swift Author upon Himself in Wks. II. 344 Clowns on Scholars as on Wizards look, And take a Folio for a conj'ring Book.
1842 R. H. Barham Merchant of Venice in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 434 Put his conjuring cap on,—considered the whole.
1879 Queen 27 Dec. (advt.) Largest assortment of conjuring tricks and puzzles.
1937 Discovery May 137/2 They have the same power as the Frog Lizard of doing conjuring tricks with their tails, and seem to shed them at the least pretext.
1939 T. S. Eliot Old Possum's Bk. Pract. Cats 30 Mr. Mistoffelees' Conjuring Turn.
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conjuringadj.
1. That conjures or appeals in a sacred name.
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the mind > language > speech > request > [adjective] > requesting or petitioning
askingOE
petitor1453
supplicatoryc1475
suppliant1550
entreating1566
placitatory1569
petitory1576
supplicant1577
suing1581
pleading1594
entreatful1596
conjuring1597
entreative1598
supplicative1601
petitionary1604
precatory1610
supplicating1612
petitioning1615
postulatorya1631
eucticala1638
obsecratory1645
placitory1651
imploring1655
precative1662
beseeching1704
obsecrationary1829
imploratory1832
suppliant-like1837
solicitive1865
solicitant1886
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxxi. 256 Those coniuring exhortations which Apostles..haue vttered.
1813 W. Scott Rokeby vi. xv. 297 He restores The infant..With many a deep conjuring word, To Mortham.
2. That conjures, enchants, works magic.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [adjective]
charming1382
witchinga1400
enchanting1555
conjuring1575
Circean1609
spellinga1616
effascinating1616
fascinating1618
becharming1638
fascinous1666
ensorcelling1883
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adjective] > practising
juggling?1531
sorcerous1551
sorcering1583
wizardizing1603
conjuring1845
1575 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 93 Sutch a coniuringe and charminge creature.
1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) x. 214 Each family or tribe has a wizard or conjuring doctor.
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