machinate

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Scrabble points: 16
Words With Friends: 18
Letters: 9

Pronunciation

/ˈmækɪneɪt/

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/ˈmækɪneɪt/ · /ˈmæʃɪneɪt/

Definition of machinate

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(ambitransitive)To devise a plot or secret plan; to conspire.

“Had she already managed to machinate a cushy job for her husband?”

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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.

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