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machinate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈmæʃɪneɪt/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈmækɪneɪt/

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.

Meanings

  1. (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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
machinates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
machinating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
machinated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
machinated Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

machinatrix · plot · conspire · machine · machination · plan

Translations (1)

es maquinar (Translations)