machinate

machinate
    v 1: arrange by systematic planning and united effort;
         "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to
         take over the director's office" [syn: {organize},
         {organise}, {prepare}, {devise}, {get up}, {machinate}]
    2: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear
       together; "They conspired to overthrow the government" [syn:
       {conspire}, {cabal}, {complot}, {conjure}, {machinate}]
    

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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Machinate \Mach"i*nate\, v. t.
   To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil.
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35 Moby Thesaurus words for "machinate":
      angle, brew, cabal, cogitate, collude, complot, concoct, connive,
      conspire, contrive, cook up, countermine, counterplot, devise,
      engineer, finagle, finesse, frame, frame up, gerrymander, hatch,
      hatch a plot, hatch up, intrigue, jockey, lay a plot, maneuver,
      manipulate, operate, play games, plot, pull strings, rig, scheme,
      wangle