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单词 machinate
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machinatev.

Brit. /ˈmakᵻneɪt/, /ˈmaʃᵻneɪt/, U.S. /ˈmækəˌneɪt/, /ˈmæʃəˌneɪt/
Forms: 1500s machynate, 1500s–1600s machinat, 1500s– machinate.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin māchināt-, māchinārī.
Etymology: < classical Latin māchināt-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix3) of māchinārī invent, contrive < māchina machine n., after ancient Greek μηχανᾶσθαι . The classical Latin and ancient Greek words both have a range of senses from ‘make by art’ through ‘contrive’ to ‘plot’, of which the pejorative senses have had by far the strongest influence on the English word. Compare machination n. (in which senses machination n. 3, 4 are not pejorative) and machine v.For the pronunciation with /ʃ/ see machination n.
1. transitive. To contrive, plan, or plot (usually a hostile or malicious action). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > plot (a purpose) or hatch (a plot [verb (transitive)]
compass1297
procurec1300
purchasec1300
contrivec1330
conspirec1384
brewc1386
awaitc1400
surmise1509
devisec1515
practise1531
machinate1537
forge1547
hatch1565
plot1589
pack1590
appost1602
feign1690
intrigue1747
scheme1767
1537 R. Pole Let. 2 May in G. Burnet Hist. Reformation (1715) III. iii. 126 Ytt is not for Ignorance that I knowe not what is machinate ageinst me.
1592 in A. I. Cameron Warrender Papers (1932) II. 180 Nathing that shalbe machinat or attemptid aganis me.
1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 23 Dolus bonus, is when a man doth machinate or deuise anie thing to entrap a thiefe, or a traytour.
1643 W. Prynne Romes Master-peece 14 He thought fit, that a desperate Treason, machinated against so many soules was to be revealed.
1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 187 Which makes Urban the 8..to machinat violent means for to invest his Nephews in another Princes Estate.
1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. vii. 288 The..robberies, massacres, and assassinations, that the violent machinate against the peaceful.
1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 359 [He] injures himself in a greater degree than he injures him against whom he machinates destruction.
2. intransitive. To plot; to intrigue or scheme (usually with hostile or malicious intent).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > plot [verb (intransitive)]
subtlec1300
conspire1393
compass1430
malign?a1439
contrivec1440
machine?c1450
forthink1494
pretenda1500
practise1537
pack1568
brigue1580
machinate1602
manage1603
plot1607
tamper1607
faction1609
collogue1646
intriguea1714
to lay a scheme1826
scheme1842
angle1892
wheel and deal1961
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > be cunning or act cunningly [verb (intransitive)] > machinate
machinate1602
tamper1607
intriguea1714
1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions viii. vi. 243 Such persons as shall machinate and deuise to execute such outragious designements against their prince.
1689 W. Walker tr. Vindiciæ contra Tyrannos (new ed.) 130 A Tyrant conspires, machinates, and lays his plots and practises.
1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 101 The blackest treason may lurk and machinate at his very threshold.
1858 F. Faber tr. D. Bartoli & J. P. Maffei Life Xavier 312 Whilst the Portuguese had been preparing for their departure, the bonzes had been machinating against them.
1975 S. R. Delany Dhalgren ii. 117 We silently machinate toward the joint of flesh and flesh.
1992 Times 13 Feb. 7/1 Under the 1983 canon law code, membership of all associations that machinate against the Roman Catholic church is forbidden.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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