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Definition: Conjuring |
ConjuringNoun1. Invoking a spirit or devil. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "conjuring" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream that you are in a hypnotic state or under the power of others, portends disastrous results, for your enemies will enthrall you; but if you hold others under a spell you will assert decided will power in governing your surroundings. For a young woman to dream that she is under strange influences, denotes her immediate exposure to danger, and she should beware. To dream of seeing hypnotic and slight-of-hand performances, signifies worries and perplexities in business and domestic circles, and unhealthy conditions of state. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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Synonyms: ConjuringSynonyms: conjuration (n), conjury (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deception | Delusion, gullery; juggling, jugglery; slight of hand, legerdemain; prestigiation, prestidigitation; magic; conjuring, conjuration; hocus-pocus, escamoterie, jockeyship; trickery, coggery, chicanery; supercherie, cozenage, circumvention, ingannation, collusion; treachery; practical joke. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Conjuring |
| English words defined with "conjuring": Figgum ♦ necromancy, necromantic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "conjuring": Shorne ♦ Weather. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "conjuring": Conjure. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Conjuring Cooks (1915) Clever Egg Conjuring (1912) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Magician holding rabbit and conjuring spirit surrounded by demon and owls. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Conjuring" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 71.05% of the time. "Conjuring" is used about 76 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 71.05% | 54 | 46,184 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 17.11% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (singular) | 9.21% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.32% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 1.32% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 76 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "conjuring": conjuring trick ♦ do conjuring ♦ do conjuring tricks. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "conjuring": conjuring-trick. | |
Ending with "conjuring": image-conjuring. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
conjuring spirits | 12 |
conjuring | 9 |
conjuring demon | 5 |
magic conjuring | 4 |
brien complexity conjuring essay flann o | 2 |
conjuring spells | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "conjuring"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 召" (Beckon, Beckoned, Beckoning, Conjure, Conjured, Evoke, Evoked, Evoking, summon, Summoned, summoning, summons, Summonses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kouzelnický kousek (conjuring trick), eskamotáž (conjuring trick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tryllekunstnerbord (table designed for the performance of conjuring tricks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tructafel (table designed for the performance of conjuring tricks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | taikatemppu (conjuring trick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | prestidigitation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zaubernd, beschwörend (adjuring, conjuring up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τραπέζι για ταχυδακτυλουργίες (table designed for the performance of conjuring tricks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | sulap (juggling, prestidigitation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | illusionismo (illusionism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 手" (conjuring trick, juggling, magic, sleight of hand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | てじな (conjuring trick, juggling, magic, sleight of hand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | moostey (awaken suddenly; starting, awakening, raise, rouse, start), druiaghtys (enchantment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onjuringcay mesa de truque (table designed for the performance of conjuring tricks). (various references) evocare (evocation). (various references) prestidigitación (jugglery, legerdemain, prestidigitation, sleight of hand). (various references) trolleri (cantrip, enchantment, legerdemain, magic, sleight of hand, sorcery, witchcraft, wizardry), trolldom (deviltry, enchantment, hoodoo, magic, sorcery, witchcraft, wizardy). (various references) hokkabazlık (conjuration, conjuring trick, hanky panky, illusionism, jugglery, legerdemain, parlor tricks, pass, prestidigitation, slapstick, sleight). (various references) trò ảo thuật phép phù thuỷ. (various references) consuriaeth. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adiuramentum. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"Conjuring" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: congering, nonjuring. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "conjuring" (pronounced kÄ"njering) |
| 5 | -n j er i ng | endangering, injuring. |
| 4 | -j er i ng | badgering, majoring, perjuring, soldiering, wagering. |
| 3 | -er i ng | administering, altering, anchoring, angering, answering, auguring, backfiring, bantering, bartering, battering, belaboring, beleaguering, bettering, bewildering, bickering, blistering, blundering, blustering, bolstering, bordering, bothering, brokering, butchering, capturing, catering, censoring, centering, chartering, chattering, clamoring, clobbering, clustering, cluttering, coloring, configuring, conquering, considering, cornering, countering, covering, cowering, culturing, deciphering, delivering, desiring, devouring, diapering, dickering, differing, discovering, disfavoring, disfiguring, dismembering, dithering, doctoring, doddering, embroidering, empowering, encountering, endeavoring, entering, factoring, faltering, fathering, favoring, feathering, featuring, festering, figuring, filibustering, filtering, fingering, flattering, flavoring, flickering, floundering, flowering, fluttering, fostering, foundering, fracturing, frittering, furthering, garnering, gathering, gerrymandering, gesturing, glimmering, glittering, glowering, grandfathering, guttering, hammering, hampering, hankering, harboring, hectoring, hindering, hollering, honoring, hovering, hungering, hunkering, inquiring, laboring, laundering, lawyering, layering, lecturing, lettering, levering, lingering, littering, loitering, lowering, lumbering, maneuvering, manufacturing, massacring, mastering, maundering, meandering, measuring, mentoring, metering, minoring, mirroring, mitering, mongering, monitoring, mothering, motoring, murdering, murmuring, mustering, muttering, nattering, neighboring, neutering, nonmanufacturing, numbering, nurturing, offering, ordering, outnumbering, pampering, pandering, papering, partnering, peppering, pestering, petering, philandering, picturing, pilfering, plastering, plundering, pondering, posturing, powdering, powering, pressuring, proffering, prospering, puncturing, puttering, quivering, recapturing, reconsidering, recovering, rediscovering, reentering, registering, rejiggering, remembering, rendering, reoffering, reordering, requiring, restructuring, rewiring, rupturing, savoring, scampering, scattering, scouring, sculpturing, sequestering, severing, shattering, sheltering, shimmering, shivering, shouldering, showering, shuddering, shuttering, simmering, slaughtering, slithering, slobbering, slumbering, smattering, smoldering, smothering, snickering, sobering, soldering, souring, spattering, spiering, splintering, sponsoring, sputtering, squandering, staggering, structuring, stuttering, suffering, surrendering, swaggering, sweltering, tailoring, tampering, tapering, teetering, tempering, tendering, thundering, tinkering, torturing, tottering, towering, transpiring, triggering, tutoring, uncovering, unflattering, unwavering, ushering, uttering, venturing, wallpapering, wandering, warmongering, watering, wavering, weathering, whimpering, whispering, withering, wondering, Wuthering, zippering. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-g-i-j-n-n-o-r-u" | |
-1 letter: jouncing. | |
-2 letters: corning, grunion, unicorn. | |
-3 letters: coning, coring, curing, junior, nuncio. | |
-4 letters: coign, conin, corgi, cornu, cuing, curio, giron, groin, guiro, incog, incur, inurn, jingo, junco, orcin, orgic, ruing, runic, union, unrig. | |
-5 letters: cion, coin, coir, coni, conn, corn, curn, girn, giro, grin, icon, inro, iron, jinn, join, noir, nori, noun, ring, ruin, rung, unci. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-g-i-j-n-n-o-r-u" | |
+3 letters: conjecturing. | |
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