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Webster 1913 Edition

Machinate

Mach′i-nate

,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
T.
To contrive, as a plot; to plot;
as, to
machinate
evil
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Machinate

MACH'INATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. machinor.]
To plan; to contrive; to form a scheme.

Definition 2024

machinate

machinate

English

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?

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See also

External links

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

Latin

Participle

māchināte

  1. vocative masculine singular of māchinātus

Etymology

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

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