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Machinate

Definitions: Machinate

Machinate

Verb

1. Arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office".

2. Engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Machinate

Synonyms: cabal (v), complot (v), conjure (v), conspire (v), devise (v), get up (v), organise (v), organize (v), prepare (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Machinate

English words defined with "machinate": Machinated, Machinating. (references)

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Modern Translations: Machinate

Language Translations for "machinate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

intrigoj (intrigue, plot), fabrikoj (fabricate, make up, manufacture, mill, produce). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تأمر (nurture, scheme), ‏دس (foist, insinuate, insinuation, interpolate, interpolation, palm off, put into, tuck, work in), ‏دبر مكيدة (plot, scheme), ‏دبر مؤامرة (hatch, nurse). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

интригувам. (various references)

   

French

  

machiner. (various references)

   

German

  

finanzieren (back, bankroll, bankrolling, finance, fund, sponsor). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σκευωρώ (cabal, concoct, scheme, trump), μηχανώμαι (devise). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

áskálódik (to intrigue). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

persekongkolan (collusion, conspiracy). (various references)

   

Italian

  

macchinare (contemplate, hatch, organize, plan, plot, undertake, venture), trattare (bargain, be, be a question, cure, deal, deal in, deal with, discuss, fabricate, handle, negotiate, process, talk over, to doctor, tool, transact, treat, work), tramare (brew, concoct, conspire, intrigue, plot, scheme), complottare (conspire, plot, scheme). (various references)

   

Manx

  

jannoo kialgys, goaill coyrle follit (conspire, plot against). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

achinatemay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

maquinar (contrive, plan, plot, practice, practised, scheme), manhoso (cagey, designing, jesuitic, jesuitical, pawl, sharp, shifty, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, vulpine, wily), tramar (cabal, cut out, frame-layer, maneuverability, manoeuvrer, strike off). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

maşina (intrigue), unelti (devise). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

строить козни, интриговать (cabal, intrigue, scheme). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

spletkariti (intrigue, plot, scheme), praviti intrige. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

maquinar (activate, cause, conspire, give rise to, initiate, plot, start), intrigar (intrigue, scheme). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

smida ränker (intrigue, plot), intrigera (cabal, intrigue, scheme). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kumpas kurmak (encompass, plot), entrika çevirmek (cabal, intrigue, play politics, practice, practise, scheme), dolap çevirmek (collude, gerrymander, maneuver, manoeuvre, practice, practise, scheme, set a snare). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

інтригувати (cabal, intrigue, scheme), робити махінації. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Machinate

Derivations

Words beginning with "machinate": machinated, machinates. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Machinate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Achintee, Machiavel, machinator, Michibata, nachinaet. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Machinate

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-h-i-m-n-t"

-1 letter: anthemia, haematic, haematin.

-2 letters: acanthi, amentia, anaemic, animate, hematic, hematin, machine, manchet, nematic.

-3 letters: acetin, anemia, anemic, anthem, caiman, canthi, catena, centai, chaeta, chaine, cinema, enatic, etamin, ethnic, haemic, haemin, hamate, hetman, iceman, inmate, manche, maniac, mantic, taenia, tamein.

-4 letters: aceta, actin, aecia, aitch, amain, ament, amice, amine, amnia, amnic, anima, anime, antae, antic, atman, chain, chant, cheat, chime, china, chine, enact, entia, ethic, hance, hemic, hemin, mache, manat, mania, manic, manta, match, matin, meant, menta, miche, minae, mince, natch, neath, niche, tache, teach, tench, tenia, thane, theca, thein, thine, tinea.

-5 letters: ache, acme, acne, acta, ahem, amah, amen, amia, amie, amin, anta, ante, anti, atma, cain, came, cane, cant, cate, cent, cham, chat, chia, chin, chit, cine, cite, each, eath, emic, emit, etch, etic, etna, haem, haen, haet, hame, hant, hate, heat, hent, hint, inch, itch, item, mace, mach, main, mana, mane, mate, math, mean, meat, meta, meth, mica, mice, mien, mina, mine, mint, mite, name, neat, nema, nice, nite, tace, tach, tain, tame, team, thae, than, them, then, thin, time, tine.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-h-i-m-n-t"
 

+1 letter: machinated, machinates.

 

+3 letters: exanthematic.

 

+4 letters: acetaminophen, antimechanist, antirheumatic, archimandrite, arithmetician, catecholamine, cinematograph, mathematician, mechanization, metaphysician.

 

+5 letters: acetaminophens, antimechanists, antirheumatics, archimandrites, arithmeticians, catecholamines, cinematographs, cinematography, handicraftsmen, machineability, mathematicians, mechanizations, metaphysicians, schematization, unemphatically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Machinate


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 61 63 68 69 6E 61 74 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--    .-    -.-.    ....    ..    -.    .-    -    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01100001 01100011 01101000 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#97 &#99 &#104 &#105 &#110 &#97 &#116 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0061 0063 0068 0069 006E 0061 0074 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

476769747580678671

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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