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machinate

[ mak-uh-neyt ]
/ ˈmæk əˌneɪt /
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verb (used with or without object), mach·i·nat·ed, mach·i·nat·ing.

to contrive or plot, especially artfully or with evil purpose: to machinate the overthrow of the government.

RELATED WORDS

collude, promote, devise, connive, contrive, conspire, invent, finagle, wangle, design, plan, hatch, cogitate, scheme, intrigue, engineer

Nearby words

  1. machicolation,
  2. machida,
  3. machilid,
  4. machilipatnam,
  5. machinable,
  6. machination,
  7. machinations,
  8. machinator,
  9. machine,
  10. machine bolt

Origin of machinate

1590–1600; < Latin māchinātus past participle of māchinārī to invent, contrive, devise artfully. See machine, -ate1
Related formsmach·i·na·tor, nounun·mach·i·nat·ed, adjectiveun·mach·i·nat·ing, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for machinate

machinate

/ (ˈmækɪˌneɪt, ˈmæʃ-) /

verb

(usually tr) to contrive, plan, or devise (schemes, plots, etc)
Derived Formsmachinator, noun

Word Origin for machinate

C17: from Latin māchinārī to plan, from māchina machine
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Word Origin and History for machinate

machinate

v.

"lay plots, intrigue," c.1600, a back-formation from machination, or else from Latin machinatus, past participle of machinari (see machination). Related: Machinated; machinating; machinator.

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