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machinate

[mak-uh-neyt] / ˈmæk əˌneɪt /


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On the right the 27th Division reached for the Machinate air strip.

From Time Magazine Archive

Machinate, mak′i-nāt, v.t. to contrive skilfully: to form a plot or scheme, esp. for doing harm.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various




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