Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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conjure

UK /ˈkʌn.d͡ʒə/ · US /ˈkɑn.d͡ʒɚ/ verb, noun

Forms conjures conjuring conjured

  1. verb (intransitive) To perform magic tricks. “He started conjuring at the age of 15, and is now a famous stage magician.”
  2. verb (transitive) To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.
  3. verb (intransitive, archaic) To practice black magic.
  4. verb (transitive, archaic) To enchant or bewitch.
  5. verb (transitive) To evoke.
  6. verb (transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.
  7. verb (transitive, archaic) To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.
  8. verb (intransitive, obsolete) To conspire or plot.
  9. noun (African-American Vernacular) The practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.

Synonyms

bespell ensorcell enspell bechat becry beglammer bewitch enchant englamour forspeak glamour hex jinx maleficiate mojo spell spellbind spellcast witch envisage raise conjure up invoke evoke stir call down arouse bring up put forward call forth

Etymology

From Middle English conjuren, from Old French conjurer, from Latin coniūrō (“to swear together; conspire”), from con- (“with, together”) + iūro (“to swear or take an oath”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.
  2. verb To combine together by an eath; to conspire; to confederate. [A Latinism]
  3. verb To affect or effect by conjuration; to call forth or send away by magic arts; to excite or alter, as if by magic or by the aid of supernatural powers.
  4. verb To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm.

Etymology [F. conjurer, fr. L. conjurare to swear together, to conspire; con- + jurare to swear. See Jury.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “conjure”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “conjure” (best matches first).