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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
machinate
    v 1: arrange by systematic planning and united effort;
         "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to
         take over the director's office" [syn: organize,
         organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate]
    2: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear
       together; "They conspired to overthrow the government" [syn:
       conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Machinate \Mach"i*nate\, v. t.
   To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Machinate:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
angle, brew, cabal, cogitate, collude, complot, concoct, connive, conspire, contrive, cook up, countermine, counterplot, devise, engineer, finagle, finesse, frame, frame up, gerrymander, hatch, hatch a plot, hatch up, intrigue, jockey, lay a plot, maneuver, manipulate, operate, play games, plot, pull strings, rig, scheme, wangle
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