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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MACH'INATE, v.t. [L. machinor.]
To plan; to contrive; to form a scheme.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

verb (-nated; -nating) Etymology: Latin machinatus, past participle of machinari, from machina machine, contrivance Date: 1602 intransitive verb to plan or plot especially to do harm transitive verb to scheme or contrive to bring about ; plot • machinator noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. lay plots; intrigue. Derivatives: machination n. machinator n. Etymology: L machinari contrive (as MACHINE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Machinate Mach"i*nate, v. t. To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Plan, contrive, form, plot, scheme, devise.

Moby Thesaurus

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