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| mach·i·nate [ mákə nàyt, máshə nàyt ] (past and past participle mach·i·nat·ed, present participle mach·i·nat·ing, 3rd person present singular mach·i·nates) |
transitive and intransitive verb |
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devise plans and schemes: to devise secret, cunning, or complicated plans and schemes to achieve a goal or to cause harm to others
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| [Late 16th century. < Latin machinat-, past participle of machinari< machina (see machine)] |
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  mach·i·na·tor noun |
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