Machinate \Mach"i*nate\, v. 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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Machinate \Mach"i*nate\, v. t.
To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
machinate
v 1: arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate
a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take
over the director's office" [syn: organize, organise,
prepare, devise, get up]
2: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear
together; "They conspired to overthrow the government"
[syn: conspire, cabal, complot, conjure]
WordNet (r) 2.0
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "machinate":
angle, brew, cabal, cogitate, collude, complot, concoct, connive,
conspire, contrive, cook up, countermine, counterplot, devise,
engineer, finagle, finesse, frame, frame up, gerrymander, hatch,
hatch a plot, hatch up, intrigue, jockey, lay a plot, maneuver,
manipulate, operate, play games, plot, pull strings, rig, scheme,
wangle
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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