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machinated

machinated is the simple past and past participle of machinate.

Meaning of machinate

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To devise a plot or secret plan; to conspire.
    • Had she already managed to machinate a cushy job for her husband?2011, Ian Douglas Robertson, Turtle Hawks

Questions about machinated

What is machinated the simple past and past participle of?
Machinated is the simple past and past participle of machinate.

Words near machinated in the dictionary

  1. machinabilities
  2. machinability
  3. machinable
  4. machinal
  5. machinate
  6. machinated
  7. machinates
  8. machinating
  9. machination
  10. machinations
  11. machinator

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