Definition of machinate Machinate
mach•i•nate
We found 8 definitions of machinate from 5 different sources.
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What does machinate mean?
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| machinate - arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office" | ||
| organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up | ||
| pioneer, initiate open up and explore a new area; "pioneer space" | ||
| mount, put on fix onto a backing, setting, or support; "mount slides for macroscopic analysis" | ||
| lay put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" | ||
| set up get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery" | ||
| sandwich insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects; "She was sandwiched in her airplane seat between two fat men" | ||
| spatchcock interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story | ||
| embattle prepare for battle or conflict | ||
| machinate - engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government" | ||
| conspire, cabal, complot, conjure | ||
| plot plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the overthrow of the government" | ||
| coconspire conspire together; "The two men coconspired to cover up the Federal investigation" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- machinate (v. i.)
To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot. - machinate (v. t.)
To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil.
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machinate
To engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy. -
machinate
To arrange by systematic planning and united effort (e.g. a plot, a strike, a plan).
Part of speech
🔤- machinate, verb, present, 1st person singular of machinate (infinitive).
- machinate, verb (infinitive).
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