machinate
verb (used with or without object)
to contrive or plot, especially artfully or with evil purpose.
machinator
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a word derived from
machinate.
Example Sentences
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Off in the distance, some unseen machinator is feeding him his lines.
From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2016
Intrigue used both against and by the avenger is another important element; the villain is a machinator and Hieronimo finally accomplishes his revenge by means of dissimulation and trickery.
From Tragedy by Ashley H. Thorndike
You stand there silent, but you are the machinator of this plot.
From The Tyranny of the Dark by Hamlin Garland
"Wasna that a graun' ane?" said the machinator.
From St. Cuthbert's by Robert E. Knowles
I cannot tell whether that slender, silken machinator, Captain Lake, loitered in the chapel for the purpose of talking to or avoiding Jos.
From Wylder's Hand by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
