GCIDE: Defining Machinate using "exact" search strategy.
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| Source: gcide | Machinate \Mach"i*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Machinated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Machinating}.] [L. machinatus, p. p. of
machinari to devise, plot. See {Machine}.]
To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose
of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot. "How long will
you machinate!" --Sandys.
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| Source: gcide | Machinate \Mach"i*nate\, v. t.
To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil.
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