different between machinate vs machination

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

Etymology

From French machination, or directly from Latin m?chin?ti?, from m?chinor (“devise, invent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæk??ne???n/, /?mæ???ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

machination (countable and uncountable, plural machinations)

1. A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes.
2. The act of machinating or plotting.

Related terms

• machinal
• machinate

Translations

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From Latin m?chin?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

machination f (plural machinations)

1. Undercover or underhanded plot; machination.

Related terms

• machiner

Further reading

• “machination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).