machinate

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: mach=i=nate

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