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machinate

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Verb (usu participle)
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mach=i=nate

CIDE DICTIONARY

machinatev. 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]
machinatev. 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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