Conjunction

[Lat. conjunctio, from conjungo, con junctus; Fr. conjonction. See CONJOIN.] Act of joining together; state of being joined or united; union; connection; a ociation; congre . IMG:content-0322.png:[blocks in formation] "To perceive the conjunctures of letters in words." - Holden. -A combination of important events, or critical circumstances. "I never met with more unhappy conjunctures of affairs." King Charles. -A critical time; a crisis; an occasion. "Such censures always attend such conjunctures." -Clarendon. Conjura'tion, n. [Fr., from Lat. conjuratio.] The form or act of summoning another in some sacred name. "We charge you, in the name of God, take heed; Under this conjuration speak, my lord." - Shaks. -A magical flow of words; an incantation; an enchant ment. "Your conjuration , fair knight, is too strong for my poor spirits to disobey." - Sidney. -A plot, bargain, or compact, made by a number of persons under oath, to do some public harm; a conspiracy. Conjura'tor, n. ( O. Eng . Law.) One bound by oath with others; a conjuror. Conjure, ( kün'jür ,) v. a. [Fr. conjure ; Lat. conjuro con , and juro , to swear.] To call upon or summon by a sacred name; to enjoin solemnly, or by the most binding sanctions. "I conjure you! Let him know Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it." -Add is on. -To act upon by conjuration or by supernatural influence; to bewitch; to charm; to enchant. - To summon up by invocations and enchantments. "What black magician conjures up this fiend, To stop devoted charitable deeds?"-Shaks. (Gram.) An indeclinable word or particle which serves to unite words, sentences, or clauses of a sen--v.n. To practise the art of a conjuror; to use charms, tence, and to show their relationship or dependence upon one another; as, "Day ends, and night begins. William and John learn Latin. Charles and James carried the basket between them." In the first sentence, and connects two separate affirmations into one compound sentence. The same is true in the second- the separate affirmations being "William learns Latin," and "John learns Latin." In the third sentence, and connects only the two words, "Charles" and "James," as it cannot be affirmed of either of them alone that he "car magic, or sorcery.