machinate
verb/ˈmækɪneɪt/ · /ˈmæʃɪneɪt/
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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Ambitransitive To devise a plot or secret plan; to conspire.
- Had she already managed to machinate a cushy job for her husband?2011, Ian Douglas Robertson, Turtle Hawks:
- Related terms
- machination, machinatrix, machine, conspire, plan, plot