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machinate

verb

1 machinate

Arrange by systematic planning and united effort:
— Machinate a plot.

synonyms: devise, get up, organise, organize, prepare.

is a specific kind of: initiate, pioneer.

is a broader term that covers: mount, put on | lay | set up | sandwich | spatchcock | embattle.

derivation: constitution, establishment, formation, organisation, organization | devising, fashioning, making | organisation, organization | intrigue, machination | organisation, organization | contriver, deviser, planner | preparative, preparatory, propaedeutic.

2 machinate

Engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together.

synonyms: cabal, complot, conjure, conspire.

is a specific kind of: plot.

is a broader term that covers: coconspire.

derivation: intrigue, machination | cabal, conspiracy | coconspirator, conspirator, machinator, plotter | conspirative, conspiratorial.

Moby thesaurus: angle, brew, cabal, cogitate, collude, complot, concoct, connive, conspire, contrive, cook up, countermine, counterplot, devise, engineer, finagle, finesse, frame, frame up, gerrymander ... show more.

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