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Ma*chin"al (?), a. [L.
machinalis: cf. F. machinal.] Of or pertaining to
machines.

Mach"i*nate (?), v. i. [imp. &
p. p. Machinated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Machinating (?).] [L. machinatus, p. p. of
machinari to devise, plot. See Machine.] To plan;
to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm;
to contrive artfully; to plot. "How long will you
machinate!" Sandys.

Mach"i*nate (?), v. t. To
contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil.

Mach`i*na"tion (?), n. [L.
machinatio: cf. F. machination.] 1.
The act of machinating. Shak.

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

Devilish machinations come to
naught.

His ingenious machinations had
failed.


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