Bible Dictionaries
Machinate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil.

(2):

(v. i.) To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Machinate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/machinate.html. 1828.