Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to machinate
Participle: machinated
Gerund: machinating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | machinate |
| you | machinate |
| he;she;it | machinates |
| we | machinate |
| you | machinate |
| they | machinate |
Perfect
| I | have machinated |
| you | have machinated |
| he;she;it | has machinated |
| we | have machinated |
| you | have machinated |
| they | have machinated |
Past
| I | machinated |
| you | machinated |
| he;she;it | machinated |
| we | machinated |
| you | machinated |
| they | machinated |
Pluperfect
| I | had machinated |
| you | had machinated |
| he;she;it | had machinated |
| we | had machinated |
| you | had machinated |
| they | had machinated |
Future
| I | will machinate |
| you | will machinate |
| he;she;it | will machinate |
| we | will machinate |
| you | will machinate |
| they | will machinate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have machinated |
| you | will have machinated |
| he;she;it | will have machinated |
| we | will have machinated |
| you | will have machinated |
| they | will have machinated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | machinate |
| you | machinate |
| he;she;it | machinate |
| we | machinate |
| you | machinate |
| they | machinate |
Perfect
| I | have machinated |
| you | have machinated |
| he;she;it | have machinated |
| we | have machinated |
| you | have machinated |
| they | have machinated |
Imperfect
| I | machinated |
| you | machinated |
| he;she;it | machinated |
| we | machinated |
| you | machinated |
| they | machinated |
Pluperfect
| I | had machinated |
| you | had machinated |
| he;she;it | had machinated |
| we | had machinated |
| you | had machinated |
| they | had machinated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would machinate |
| you | would machinate |
| he;she;it | would machinate |
| we | would machinate |
| you | would machinate |
| they | would machinate |
Perfect
| I | would have machinated |
| you | would have machinated |
| he;she;it | would have machinated |
| we | would have machinated |
| you | would have machinated |
| they | would have machinated |
Imperative
| you | machinate |
| we | Let's machinate |
| you | machinate |
Verbs conjugated like 'machinate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'machinate'
cachinnate,
machine,
marginate,
marinate,
vaccinate,
abacinate,
activate,
acuminate,
aminate,
banninate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in 1537; borrowed from Latin machinātus, perfect active participle of machinor (“to invent, devise; to scheme, plot”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from māchina (“machine, contrivance, device, scheme”), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek. See also machine.
Sample Sentences
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Had she already managed to machinate a cushy job for her husband? [2011, Ian Douglas Robertson, Turtle Hawks:]