machinate
/ˈmækɪneɪt/ verb
Forms machinates machinating machinated
Synonyms
organize organise prepare devise get up conspire cabal complot conjure
Etymology
First attested in 1537; borrowed from Latin machinātus, perfect active participle of machinor (“to invent, devise; to scheme, plot”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from māchina (“machine, contrivance, device, scheme”), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek. See also machine.
Webster’s 1913
- verb 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.
- verb To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil.
Etymology [L. machinatus, p. p. of machinari to devise, plot. See Machine.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “machinate”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details