Bible Dictionaries
Machination

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act of machinating.

(2):

(n.) That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous scheme; an artful design or plot.

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