conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate
(verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; “They conspired to overthrow the government”
organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
(verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort; “machinate a plot”; “organize a strike”; “devise a plan to take over the director’s office”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
machinate (third-person singular simple present machinates, present participle machinating, simple past and past participle machinated)
(ambitransitive) To devise a plot or secret plan; to conspire.
• anathemic
Source: Wiktionary
Mach"i*nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Machinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Machinating.] Etym: [L. machinatus, p. p. of machinari to devise, plot. See Machine.]
Definition: 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.
Definition: To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to machinate evil.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
