Machinate /(?)/

Mach·i·nate

Machinate

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Machinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Machinating

  1. To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot.

Machinate

v. t.
  1. To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil.