Of, relating to, or felt to resemble a machine: machine repairs; machine politics.
v., -chined, -chin·ing, -chines. v.tr.
To cut, shape, or finish by machine.
v.intr.
To be cut, shaped, or finished by machine: This metal machines easily.
[French, from Old French, from Latin mÄchina, from Greek mÄkhanÄ, dialectal variant of mÄ“khanÄ“.]machinable ma·chin'a·bleadj.
machineless ma·chine'less adj.
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Machinations are schemes or plots.
Malfador Machinations was created in 1995.
The Machinations of Dementia was created on 2007-09-18.
The townspeople made machinations to overthrow the mayor because of his acts of depravity.
It is an art involving intrigue to gain authority to power! This definition shows how politics aims to gain power and doing so might include some kind of chicannery or some other dubious machinations meant to dribble through to the top. This is more fitting in the African context although it applies elsewhere.
cuz he is a pig they fight over food
The cast of Machinations - 2006 includes: Katy Borchelt as Reporter Jacob Cremer as Photographer Nello DeBlasio as Leon Hugh Hill as Soxer Ryan Mulkay as Rick Stuart Scotten as Alex Andra Whitt as Rachael
There are no days that demons are forbidden from conducting their machinations on. Anyone at any time is free game.
The soap opera viewers were anxious to see the next machinations of the show's villain. Falling victim to my brother's machinations, I found myself on a blind date with a guy he'd met in his theater class.
The village people must oppose and reject these machinations of the Kingdom.
They would be landowners, so farming (by others on their land), attending court, political machinations and overseeing their possessions.
Georges Aperghis has written: 'Machinations de Georges Aperghis' -- subject(s): Catalogs 'Musiques en creation'
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