What does Machinate mean?

Definitions for Machinate
ˈmæk əˌneɪt, ˈmæʃ ə-machi·nate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinateverb

    arrange by systematic planning and united effort

    "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"

  2. conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinateverb

    engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together

    "They conspired to overthrow the government"

Wiktionary

  1. machinateverb

    (transitive or intransitive) To devise, with others, a plot or secret plan; to conspire.

  2. Etymology: From machinatus, past participle of machinari, from machina; see machine.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To MACHINATEverb

    To plan; to contrive.

    Etymology: machinor, Latin; machiner, Fr.

ChatGPT

  1. machinate

    To machinate means to scheming or plotting, especially to achieve a specific goal by elaborate and secret means. It often refers to the act of planning or plotting something for malicious or deceitful purposes.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Machinateverb

    to plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot

  2. Machinateverb

    to contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil

  3. Etymology: [L. machinatus, p. p. of machinari to devise, plot. See Machine.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Machinate

    mak′i-nāt, v.t. to contrive skilfully: to form a plot or scheme, esp. for doing harm.—ns. Machinā′tion, act of machinating or contriving a scheme for carrying out some purpose, esp. an evil one: an artful design or plot: Mach′inator, one who machinates. [L. machināri, -ātusmachĭna.]

Editors Contribution

  1. Machinate

    Shenanigans-

    the ignorant fell for the shenanigans of a group


    Submitted by Lighthouse21 on March 23, 2018  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Machinate in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Machinate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2


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