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Johnleo Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

conjure with

0I am still trying to 01u00conjure with02u00 one of Darren MacWarren's soap characters, Father Roger. 02br
00 It's a movie review introducing Darren MacWarren played by Jason Gann. MacWarren is a TV soap actor in the movie. 02br
00 conjure up: 01i00chiefly British02i00 01b00: 02b00to treat or regard as important <Victor Hugo is a name to 01i00conjure with02i00.>02br
00 That is the only entry for 01i00conjure with02i00 in the dictionary01i00. 02i02br
00What does it mean in the sentence?02br
00Thanks. 0-
  

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0 I'm still trying to work out/understand one of the characters0-

— Optilang

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0 I'm still trying to work out/understand one of the characters0-
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0 Is it possible this is an Australianism (for lack of a better word)? Given the context I agree with optilang's interpretation but I've never heard this particular formulation before.0-
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0 Perhaps 'to consider' is a more accurate definition of to conjure with02br
00I conjured with the idea of moving back home = I played with the idea = I considered the idea 02br
00I cannot verify any Australian link, sorry0-
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0 The reason I suggested an Australian connection is that the Web site this comes from is Australian and the movie being reviewed is Australian. Here is the link if anyone is interested.02br
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00How about "come to grips with" as an alternative expression? A quo
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0 So it is because of the 01b00strange02b00 appearance of Father Roger that she 01i00comes to grips with02i00 the character and tries hard to understand him.0-
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