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Definition of machinate in English: machinateverb ˈmaʃɪneɪtˈmakɪneɪt [no object]Engage in plots; scheme. 密谋，阴谋策划 he machinated against other bishops 他经常密谋反对其他英国主教。 Example sentencesExamples - Knowing that death would follow the machinated horror, Philius gave one final prayer.
- Attempting to place myself in the cogitating, machinating mind of Dr. Greenspan, I can envisage how he would seek to use his sham bullets for selectively meting out speculator punishment.
- Didn't his aura originally stem from the content of his striated torso, his internally-produced, natural, material charisma, quite apart from the machinated forms of the culture industry?
- Focusing on the GCC has given the impression that climate change obstructionism is confined to a handful of goggle-eyed fossil fuel fundamentalists machinating on the margins of respectable corporate society.
- They have no place machinating behind the scenes now.
- He can already be seen machinating a bureaucratic coup.
- We shall be rid of your machinating ways of slavery upon us!
- American cinema has, for years, worked its magic to manipulate popular opinion, machinating to fortify racial stereotypes, prejudice, jingoism, and hegemonic control - especially during times of political change.
- Although in the short-term Casimir quit France, the following year, when Henry defaulted on the second payment, he sold his services to the machinating Anjou.
Synonyms plot, hatch a plot, form a conspiracy, scheme, plan, lay plans, intrigue, collude, connive, collaborate, consort, manoeuvre, be hand in glove, work hand in glove
Derivativesnoun The picture could be a physiognomical paradigm of a conspirator, a machinator, a schemer, a Machiavel. Example sentencesExamples - This superior adventure, set partly in Prague, involves threatening political machinators, a fearsome golem, and a brave girl who is orchestrating anti-magical resistance.
- NY1 hears creaking and shouts of eminent domain from Pataki's office, as if he wasn't the visionless machinator behind the whole fiasco.
- It also contains an interesting section on James L. Curtis, the archtypical machinator, and information on ‘sacred places and hallowed grounds: mines, miners, and mineral collectors.’
OriginEarly 16th century: from Latin machinat- 'contrived', from machinari 'contrive', from machina (see machine). Definition of machinate in US English: machinateverb [no object]Engage in plots and intrigues; scheme. 密谋，阴谋策划 he machinated against other bishops 他经常密谋反对其他英国主教。 Example sentencesExamples - We shall be rid of your machinating ways of slavery upon us!
- Knowing that death would follow the machinated horror, Philius gave one final prayer.
- Attempting to place myself in the cogitating, machinating mind of Dr. Greenspan, I can envisage how he would seek to use his sham bullets for selectively meting out speculator punishment.
- They have no place machinating behind the scenes now.
- Didn't his aura originally stem from the content of his striated torso, his internally-produced, natural, material charisma, quite apart from the machinated forms of the culture industry?
- He can already be seen machinating a bureaucratic coup.
- Focusing on the GCC has given the impression that climate change obstructionism is confined to a handful of goggle-eyed fossil fuel fundamentalists machinating on the margins of respectable corporate society.
- Although in the short-term Casimir quit France, the following year, when Henry defaulted on the second payment, he sold his services to the machinating Anjou.
- American cinema has, for years, worked its magic to manipulate popular opinion, machinating to fortify racial stereotypes, prejudice, jingoism, and hegemonic control - especially during times of political change.
Synonyms plot, hatch a plot, form a conspiracy, scheme, plan, lay plans, intrigue, collude, connive, collaborate, consort, manoeuvre, be hand in glove, work hand in glove
OriginEarly 16th century: from Latin machinat- ‘contrived’, from machinari ‘contrive’, from machina (see machine). |