verb
machinate
Machinate (verb) means to devise a plot or secret plan; to conspire.
verb
1
To devise a plot or secret plan; to conspire.
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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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"machinate" (verb) means to devise a plot or secret plan; to conspire.