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Webster 1913 Edition
Machination
Machˊi-na′tion
,Noun.
[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. Milton.
His ingenious
machinations
had failed. Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Machination
MACHINA'TION
,Noun.