About The Word Machinate
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Machinate
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What's The Definition Of Machinate?
[v] engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government"
[v] arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office" Synonyms | Synonyms for Machinate: cabal | complot | conjure | conspire | devise | get up | organise | organize | prepare Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 See Also | coconspire | initiate | lay | mount | pioneer | plot | put on | sandwich | set up | spatchcock Machinate In Webster's Dictionary \Mach"i*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Machinated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Machinating}.] [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. ``How long will
you machinate!'' --Sandys.
\Mach"i*nate\, v. t. To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil. |
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