machinate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 See also 1.2.3 External links

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

< Latin machinatus, pp. of machinari (“‘to contrive, plan, devise, plot, scheme’”) < machina (“‘a machine, contrivance, device, scheme’”); see machine.

[edit] Verb

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

1. (transitive or intransitive) To devise, with others, a plot or secret plan; to conspire.

[edit] Related terms

• machine
• machination

[edit] See also

• plot
• conspire
• plan

[edit] External links

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