verb
machinate
Machinate (verb) means to plan something secretly and often dishonestly.
verb
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To plan something secretly and often dishonestly.
"Had she already managed to machinate a cushy job for her husband?"
— Ian Douglas Robertson, Turtle Hawks (2011)
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Etymology
First attested in 1537; borrowed from Latin machinātus, perfect active participle of machinor (“to invent, devise; to scheme, plot”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from māchina (“machine, contrivance, device, scheme”), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek. See also machine.
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What is the meaning of machinate?
"machinate" (verb) means to plan something secretly and often dishonestly.
What is another word for machinate?
Other words for "machinate" include organise, prepare, complot, cabal, devise, conspire.
