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verb
To devise a plot or secret plan; to conspire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: conspire, cabal, complot, conjure
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plot
Narrower terms: coconspire
verb
arrange by systematic planning and united effort
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: initiate, pioneer
Narrower terms: mount, put on, lay, set up, sandwich, spatchcock, embattle
History
First attested in 1537; borrowed from Latin machinātus, perfect active participle of machinor (“to invent, devise; to scheme, plot”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from māchina (“machine, contrivance, device, scheme”), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek. See also machine.
Across languages
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