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machinate

[ mak-uh-neyt ]

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verb (used with or without object)

, mach·i·nat·ed, mach·i·nat·ing.

to contrive or plot, especially artfully or with evil purpose:
to machinate the overthrow of the government.

machinate

/ ˈmæʃ-; ˈmækɪˌneɪt /

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First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin māchinātus, past participle of māchinārī “to invent, contrive, devise artfully”; machine, -ate ¹

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C17: from Latin māchinārī to plan, from māchina machine

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And how does the Memory Machine madly machinate and murmur the answers?

But we leave the beauteous Kate and her mischief-loving maiden, to plot and machinate against the unsuspecting lover.

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