machinate

English

Etymology

From Latin machinatus, past participle of machinari (“to contrive, plan, devise, plot, scheme”), from machina (“a machine, contrivance, device, scheme”); see machine.

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?

Related terms

machine
machination

Anagrams

anathemic

Latin

Participle

māchināte

vocative masculine singular of māchinātus

单词	machinate
释义	machinate English Etymology From Latin machinatus, past participle of machinari (“to contrive, plan, devise, plot, scheme”), from machina (“a machine, contrivance, device, scheme”); see machine. 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? Related terms machine machination See also plot conspire plan Further reading machinate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. machinate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. Anagrams anathemic Latin Participle māchināte vocative masculine singular of māchinātus
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