conjuring up
Evoking from nothing
Conjuring up means summoning something into presence or awareness.
The phrase carries magical overtones—a sorcerer conjures up spirits, a chef conjures up a meal from leftovers.
Most often it describes calling something to mind: The smell conjured up memories of my grandmother's kitchen.
To conjure up an image or feeling is to evoke it vividly, as if by spell.
- calling upContacting by telephone
- evocationCalling forth to mind
- envisioningForming mental pictures
- mind's eyeInternal visualization capacity
- mental pictureConceived scene in consciousness
charm · summoning · spirit world · mental imagery · imagination · vivid memory · visualization · necromancy · recollection · divination · inspiration · nostalgia · sorcery · manifestation · conceptualization · spellcasting · wand · magic trick
conjuring upexorcising
Ritually banishing spirits
banishing · casting out · driving away · expelling · sending away
conjuring upsuppressing
Forcibly restraining or inhibiting
repressing · forgetting · blocking out · building · manufacturing
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