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machinate

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈmækɪneɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aacehimntStarts with MEnds with E0 clues
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  1. engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together

Word origin

First attested in 1537; borrowed from Latin machinātus, perfect active participle of machinor (“to invent, devise; to scheme, plot”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from māchina (“machine, contrivance, device, scheme”), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek. See also machine.

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  • Had she already managed to machinate a cushy job for her husband?

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