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to machinate
01
to secretly make plans, particularly to gain an advantage
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
machinate
3rd person singular
machinates
Past simple
machinated
Past participle
machinated
Examples
The rival factions often machinate behind the scenes to outmaneuver each other.
02
arrange by systematic planning and united effort
Lexical Tree
machination
machinator
machinate
machine
