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Definition of Machinating
1. machinate [v] - See also: machinate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Machinating
Literary usage of Machinating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth by James Anthony Froude (1881)
"Against him, therefore, it was objected — " That, as a false traitor, machinating
the death of the king, and to excite his subjects to rebellion, ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"The act of machinating, or of contriving a scheme for executing some purpose,
particularly a forbidden or an evil purpose; underhand plotting or contrivance ..."
3. A Selection of Cases from the State Trials ...: Trials for Treason (1327 by John William Willis Bund (1879)
"The Marquis of Exeter was arraigned on the 3rd December, and was charged: That
as a false traitor machinating the death of the King, Mi'l to excite his ..."
4. The History of Russia: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Kelly, Walter Keating (1854)
"... was out of its natural course, and the interest of the regent was not that of
the kingdom. Alberoni was already machinating a conspiracy in France ..."
5. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1864)
"... who probably is machinating something against the church or state, or against
both; inwhich conjecture they were not very far wrong, although it was not ..."
6. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... kept a watchful eye over the conduct of the generals, and did not give them
an opportunity of machinating anything to the prejudice of their country. ..."
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