different between manipulate vs machinate

English

Etymology

Back-formation from manipulation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??n?pj?le?t/

Verb

manipulate (third-person singular simple present manipulates, present participle manipulating, simple past and past participle manipulated)

1. (transitive) To move, arrange or operate something using the hands
2. (transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something
3. (transitive, medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose
4. (transitive) To influence or control someone in order to achieve a specific purpose, especially one that is unknown to the one being manipulated and beneficial to the manipulator; to use
5. (intransitive, dated) To use the hands, especially in scientific experiments.

Derived terms

• manipulable (adjective)
• manipulatable (adjective)

Related terms

• manipulandum (noun)
• manipulation (noun)

Translations

See also

• pedipulate

Esperanto

Adverb

manipulate

1. present adverbial passive participle of manipuli

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