Conjures vs Sturdy - What's the difference?
conjures | sturdy |
(conjure)
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To perform magic tricks.
To summon up using supernatural power, as a devil
To practice black magic.
To evoke.
To imagine or picture in the mind.
To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.
* Addison
* 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
(obsolete) To conspire or plot.
* Milton
(African American Vernacular English) A practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.
Of firm build; stiff; stout; strong.
* Sir H. Wotton
Solid in structure or person.
(obsolete) Foolishly obstinate or resolute; stubborn.
* Hudibras
* Atterbury
Resolute, in a good sense; or firm, unyielding quality.
A disease in sheep and cattle, marked by great nervousness, or by dullness and stupor.
As a verb conjures
is .As an adjective sturdy is
of firm build; stiff; stout; strong.As a noun sturdy is
a disease in sheep and cattle, marked by great nervousness, or by dullness and stupor.conjures
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Verb
(head)conjure
English
Verb
(conjur)- I conjure you, let him know, / Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it.
- Stammering out something, I knew not what, I rolled away from him against the wall, and then conjured him, whoever or whatever he might be, to keep quiet, and let me get up and light the lamp again.
- Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons / Conjured against the Highest.
Noun
(-)Derived terms
* conjurer / conjuror * conjure up * conjure with * name to conjure withsturdy
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Adjective
(er)- a sturdy oak tree
- He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty.
- It was a sturdy building, able to withstand strong winds and cold weather.
- The dog was sturdy and could work all day without getting tired.
- This must be done, and I would fain see / Mortal so sturdy as to gainsay.
- A sturdy , hardened sinner shall advance to the utmost pitch of impiety with less reluctance than he took the first steps.
- a man of sturdy piety or patriotism