conjure up

conjure up

vb (tr, adverb)

1. to present to the mind; evoke or imagine he conjured up a picture of his childhood

2. to call up or command (a spirit or devil) by an incantation

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

conjure up - summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" bring up, call down, conjure, invoke, call forth, put forward, arouse, evoke, stir, raise anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, damn, imprecate, maledict, curse - wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child" bless - give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son" create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke - evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"

Translations

? conjure up

vt sep ghosts, spirits → beschwören; (fig) memories etc → heraufbeschwören; (= provide, produce) → hervorzaubern; meal → zusammenzaubern