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machinating

machinating is the present participle and gerund 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 machinating

What is machinating the present participle and gerund of?
Machinating is the present participle and gerund of machinate.

Words near machinating in the dictionary

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

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