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English
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈmækɪneɪt/, /ˈmæʃɪneɪt/
Verb
machinate (third-person singular simple present machinates, present participle machinating, simple past and past participle machinated)
- (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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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
Latin
Participle
māchināte
- vocative masculine singular of māchinātus