machinate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin māchinārī (“scheme, plot”), a verb based on Latin māchina (“machine, contrivance, device, scheme”), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek. See also machine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmækɪneɪt/, /ˈmæʃɪneɪt/

Verb

machinate (third-person singular simple present machinates, present participle machinating, simple past and past participle machinated)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To devise a plot or secret plan; to conspire.
   • 2011, Ian Douglas Robertson, Turtle Hawks:

     Had she already managed to machinate a cushy job for her husband?

Related terms

• machine
• machination

See also

• plot
• conspire
• plan

Further reading

• “machinate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “machinate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• anathemic

Latin

Participle

māchināte

1. vocative masculine singular of māchinātus