machinate

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machinate

/ˈmækɪneɪt/
/ˈmæʃɪneɪt/

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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.

verb machinates · machinating · machinated

ambitransitive To devise a plot or secret plan; to conspire. Had she already managed to machinate a cushy job for her husband?

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@misc{machinate_2026,
  title = {machinate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/machinate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}