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MACHINATION

\mˌakɪnˈe͡ɪʃən], \mˌakɪnˈe‍ɪʃən], \m_ˌa_k_ɪ_n_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of MACHINATION

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A hostile plot; a scheme to do evil; an artful design or plot.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Contrivance; plot; intrigue.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A secret or hostile plan; plot.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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