Word of the Day
for Tuesday,
April 9, 2013
Machinate \MAK-uh-neyt\, verb:
to contrive or plot, especially artfully or with evil purpose: to machinate the
overthrow of the government.
...his malevolent
memory would machinate
on [it], until the day the darkness he so passionately believed in but just as
passionately tried to avoid finally descended.
-- Michael Walsh, Early Warning, 2010
-- Michael Walsh, Early Warning, 2010
You do not think I am
intelligent enough to scheme? Then I haven't the wits necessary to machinate?
-- Connie Brockway, So Enchanting, 2009
-- Connie Brockway, So Enchanting, 2009
Machinate entered English from the Latin machina in the first half of
the fifteenth century.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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