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machinate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb machinate has 2 senses
- machinate(v = verb.creation) devise, get up, organise, organize, prepare - arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office" is one way to initiate, pioneer
- machinate(v = verb.cognition) cabal, complot, conjure, conspire - engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government" is one way to plot
Derived form noun machination1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun machination1, noun machinator1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
machinate, v. i. [L. machinatus, p. p. of machinari to devise, plot. See Machine.].
To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot. Sandys. [1913 Webster]
machinate, v. t.
To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
machinate, v.intr. lay plots; intrigue.
Derivative
machination n. machinator n.
Etymology
L machinari contrive (as MACHINE)
THESAURUS
machinate
angle, brew, cabal, cogitate, collude, complot, concoct, connive, conspire, contrive, cook up, countermine, counterplot, devise, engineer, finagle, finesse, frame, frame up, gerrymander, hatch, hatch a plot, hatch up, intrigue, jockey, lay a plot, maneuver, manipulate, operate, play games, plot, pull strings, rig, scheme, wangle
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