machinate

English

Etymology

From Latin machinatus, past participle of machinari (“to contrive, plan, devise, plot, scheme”), from machina (“a machine, contrivance, device, scheme”); see machine.

Verb

machinate (third-person singular simple present machinates, present participle machinating, simple past and past participle machinated)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To devise a plot or secret plan; to conspire.
    • '2011, Ian Douglas Robertson, Turtle Hawks
      Had she already managed to machinate a cushy job for her husband?

See also

Further reading

  • machinate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • machinate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

māchināte

  1. vocative masculine singular of māchinātus
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