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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Machinate

· Mach·i·nate · IPA /ˈmækɪneɪt/
01 v. i. To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot.
imp. & p. p. Machinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Machinating
  1. 1.
    To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot.
02 v. t. To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil.
  1. 1.
    To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil.