machinate

English

Etymology

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

Verb

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?

Related terms

• machine
• machination

See also

• plot
• conspire
• plan

Further reading

• “machinate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “machinate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• anathemic

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) māchināte

1. vocative masculine singular of māchinātus