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machinate


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Machinate  \Mach"i*nate\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Machinated};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Machinating}.]  [L.  machinatus  p.  p.  of 
  machinari  to  devise,  plot.  See  {Machine}.] 
  To  plan  to  contrive;  esp.,  to  form  a  scheme  with  the  purpose 
  of  doing  harm;  to  contrive  artfully;  to  plot.  ``How  long  will 
  you  machinate!''  --Sandys. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Machinate  \Mach"i*nate\,  v.  t. 
  To  contrive,  as  a  plot;  to  plot;  as  to  machinate  evil. 




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