Conjure vs. Exorcise

Conjureverb

(intransitive) To perform magic tricks.

‘He started conjuring at the age of 15, and is now a famous stage magician.’;

Exorciseverb

(transitive) To drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.

Conjureverb

(transitive) To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.

Exorciseverb

(transitive) To rid (a person, place or thing) of an evil spirit.

Conjureverb

To practice black magic.

Exorciseverb

To cast out, as a devil, evil spirits, etc., by conjuration or summoning by a holy name, or by certain ceremonies; to expel (a demon) or to conjure (a demon) to depart out of a person possessed by one.

‘He impudently excorciseth devils in the church.’;

Conjureverb

To enchant or bewitch.

Exorciseverb

To deliver or purify from the influence of an evil spirit or demon.

‘Exorcise the beds and cross the walls.’; ‘Mr. Spectator . . . do all you can to exorcise crowds who are . . . processed as I am.’;

Conjureverb

(transitive) To evoke. en

Exorciseverb

expel through adjuration or prayers;

‘exorcise evil spirits’;

Conjureverb

(transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.

Conjureverb

To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.

Conjureverb

To conspire or plot.

Conjurenoun

(African American Vernacular English) The practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.

Conjureverb

To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.

‘I conjure you, let him know,Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it.’;

Conjureverb

To combine together by an oath; to conspire; to confederate.

‘Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sonsConjured against the Highest.’;

Conjureverb

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.

‘The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the devil into.’;

Conjureverb

To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm.

‘She conjures; away with her.’;

Conjureverb

evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic;

‘raise the specter of unemployment’; ‘he conjured wild birds in the air’; ‘stir a disturbance’; ‘call down the spirits from the mountain’;

Conjureverb

ask for or request earnestly;

‘The prophet bid all people to become good persons’;

Conjureverb

engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together;

‘They conspired to overthrow the government’;