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Machinate

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Verb

1. devise, get up, machinate, organise, organize, prepare

arrange by systematic planning and united effort

Example Sentences:
'machinate a plot'
'organize a strike'
'devise a plan to take over the director's office'

2. cabal, complot, conjure, conspire, machinate

engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together

Example Sentences:
'They conspired to overthrow the government'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Machinate

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verb

(usually tr)

to contrive, plan, or devise (schemes, plots, etc)

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Machinate

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verb intransitive, verb transitiveWord forms: ˈmachiˌnated or ˈmachiˌnating

to devise, plan, or plot artfully, esp. with evil intent

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Machinate

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v. mach·i·nat·ed, mach·i·nat·ing, mach·i·nates

v.tr.

To devise (a scheme or plot).

v.intr.

To scheme or plot.

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