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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Machination \Mach`i*na"tion\, n. [L. machinatio: cf F.
machination.]
1. The act of machinating. --Shak.
2. That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous
scheme; an artful design or plot.
Devilish machinations come to naught. --Milton.
His ingenious machinations had failed. --Macaulay.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
machination
n : covert and involved plotting to achieve your ends [syn: {intrigue}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
MACHINATION, n. The method employed by one's opponents in baffling
one's open and honorable efforts to do the right thing
So plain the advantages of machination
It constitutes a moral obligation,
And honest wolves who think upon't with loathing
Feel bound to don the sheep's deceptive clothing.
So prospers still the diplomatic art,
And Satan bows, with hand upon his heart.
R.S.K.
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