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Machination   /mˌækənˈeɪʃən/  /mˌæʃənˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Machination

noun
1.
A crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends.  Synonym: intrigue.





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"Machination" Quotes from Famous Books



... was like witnessing a play. "Yonder is Bettie and my one chance of manhood; and blind chance, just the machination of a tiny microbe, entraps me as I tread toward all this. I was wrong about Setebos. Heine was right; there is an Aristophanes ...
— The Cords of Vanity • James Branch Cabell et al
... ghosts were somewhat shy, Coming when none but Knott was nigh, And people said 'twas all their eye, (Or rather his) a flam, the sly Digestion's machination: Some recommended a wet sheet, Some a nice broth of pounded peat, Some a cold flat-iron to the feet, Some a decoction of lamb's-bleat, Some a southwesterly grain of wheat; 310 Meat was by some pronounced ...
— The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell • James Lowell


Words linked to "Machination" :   intrigue, priestcraft, plot, machinate, secret plan, game


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