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machinate

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mach⋅i⋅nate

  [mak-uh-neyt]
Use machinate in a Sentence
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
to contrive or plot, esp. artfully or with evil purpose: to machinate the overthrow of the government.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L māchinātus ptp. of māchinārī to invent, contrive, devise artfully. See machine, -ate 1

Related forms:
mach⋅i⋅na⋅tor, noun
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mach·i·nate   (māk'ə-nāt', māsh'-)   
v.   mach·i·nat·ed, mach·i·nat·ing, mach·i·nates

v.   tr.
To devise (a plot).
v.   intr.
To engage in plotting.

[Latin māchinārī, māchināt-, to design, contrive, from māchina, device; see machine.]
mach'i·na'tor n.
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