Verb machinate has 2 senses
  1. organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate - arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
    --1 is one way to initiate, pioneer
    Derived form: noun machination1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate - engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government"
    --2 is one way to plot
    Derived forms: noun machination1, noun machinator1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
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