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machinates

machinates is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 machinates

What is machinates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Machinates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of machinate.

Words near machinates in the dictionary

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

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