machinate

Found in thesaurus: pioneer, initiate, plot

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machinate
v. contrive, manipulate, plot

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machinate

Verb
1. arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
(synonym) organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up
(hypernym) initiate, pioneer
(hyponym) mount, put on
(derivation) intrigue, machination
2. engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government"
(synonym) conspire, cabal, complot, conjure
(hypernym) plot
(hyponym) coconspire
(derivation) intrigue, machination


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Machinate
(v. t.)
To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil.
  
 
(v. i.)
To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot.
  

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machinate
v.n.
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machinate
Synonyms and related words:
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
  

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