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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
machination
    n 1: a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually
         sinister) ends [syn: intrigue, machination]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Machination \Mach`i*na"tion\, n. [L. machinatio: cf. F.
   machination.]
   1. The act of machinating. --Shak.
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   2. That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous
      scheme; an artful design or plot.
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            Devilish machinations come to naught. --Milton.
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            His ingenious machinations had failed. --Macaulay.
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
MACHINATION. The act by which some plot or conspiracy is set on foot. 



4. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
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.


Thesaurus Results for Machination:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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