machinate

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin māchinārī (scheme, plot), a verb based on Latin māchina (machine, contrivance, device, scheme), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek. See also machine.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmækɪneɪt/, /ˈmæʃɪneɪt/

Verb

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

  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?
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Anagrams

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Latin

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Participle

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māchināte

  1. vocative masculine singular of māchinātus