machinate

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machinate
v. contrive, manipulate, plot


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machinate
Verb
1. arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
(synonym) organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up
(hypernym) initiate, pioneer
(hyponym) mount, put on
(derivation) intrigue, machination
2. engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government"
(synonym) conspire, cabal, complot, conjure
(hypernym) plot
(hyponym) coconspire
(derivation) intrigue, machination



Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Machinate
(v. t.)
To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil.
  
 
(v. i.)
To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot.
  

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machinate
v.n.
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machinate
Synonyms and related words:
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
  

Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.

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