English-Thai Dictionary
machinate
VI วางแผนการ wang-pan-kan
machinate
VT วางแผนการ wang-pan-kan
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MACHINATE
v.t.[L. machinor.] To plan; to contrive; to form a scheme.
MACHINATED
pp. Planned; contrived.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MACHINATE
Mach "i *nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Machinated; p. pr. & vb. n.Machinating. ] Etym: [L. machinatus, p. p. of machinari to devise, plot. See Machine. ]
Defn: To plan; to contrive; esp. , to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot. "How long will you machinate! " Sandys.
MACHINATE
MACHINATE Mach "i *nate, v. t.
Defn: To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil.
New American Oxford Dictionary
machinate
mach i nate |ˈmakəˌnāt, ˈmaSHə -ˈmækəneɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] engage in plots and intrigues; scheme. DERIVATIVES mach i na tion |ˌmakəˈnāSHən, ˌmaSHə - |noun, mach i na tor |-ˌnātər |noun ORIGIN early 16th cent. (used transitively in the sense ‘to plot (a malicious act )’): from Latin machinat- ‘contrived, ’ from the verb machinari, from machina (see machine ).
Oxford Dictionary
machinate
machinate |ˈmakɪneɪt, ˈmaʃ -| ▶verb [ no obj. ] engage in plots; scheme: he machinated against other bishops. DERIVATIVES machinator noun ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Latin machinat- ‘contrived ’, from machinari ‘contrive ’, from machina (see machine ).
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