different between machinate vs gambit

English

Etymology

From Latin machinatus, past participle of machinor (“to contrive, plan, devise, plot, scheme”), from machina (“a machine, contrivance, device, scheme”); see machine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæk?ne?t/, /?mæ??ne?t/

Verb

machinate (third-person singular simple present machinates, present participle machinating, simple past and past participle machinated)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To devise a plot or secret plan; to conspire.
   • 2011, Ian Douglas Robertson, Turtle Hawks

     Had she already managed to machinate a cushy job for her husband?

Related terms

• machine
• machination

See also

• plot
• conspire
• plan

Further reading

• machinate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• machinate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• anathemic

Latin

Participle

m?chin?te

1. vocative masculine singular of m?chin?tus

English

Alternative forms

• gambett (obsolete)

Etymology

From Italian gambetto (“gambit, trip”), from Italian gamba (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??æmb?t/

Noun

gambit (plural gambits)

1. (chess) An opening in chess, in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage.

2. Any ploy or stratagem.

3. A remark intended to open a conversation.

Translations

Verb

gambit (third-person singular simple present gambits, present participle gambiting, simple past and past participle gambited)

1. (chess, transitive) To sacrifice (a pawn or minor piece) to gain an advantage.

French

Noun

gambit m (plural gambits)

1. gambit

Romanian

Etymology

From French gambit.

Noun

gambit n (plural gambituri)

1. gambit

Declension