English verb: conjure up | |||
1. | conjure up (creation) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | ||
Samples | Raise the specter of unemployment. He conjured wild birds in the air. Call down the spirits from the mountain. | ||
Synonyms | arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | create, make | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, bless, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict | ||
Verb group | call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke | ||