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Definitions for machinator

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

mach•i•nateˈmæk əˌneɪt, ˈmæʃ ə-(v.i.; v.t.)-nat•ed, -nat•ing.

  1. to plot, esp. with malevolent purpose.

Origin of machinate:

1590–1600; < L māchinātus, ptp. of māchinārī to invent, devise artfully

mach′i•na`tor(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. conspirator, coconspirator, plotter, machinator(noun)

    a member of a conspiracy

Wiktionary

  1. machinator(Noun)

    One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Machinator(noun)

    one who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer

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