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Machinate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To plan; to contrive; to form a scheme.

Machinate [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

Machinate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

Machinated [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Machinated [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913