machinate
101meditate — v 1. devise, contrive, machinate, cabal, plan, scheme, plot, design, Obs. intrigue, Obs. consult; frame, concoct, invent, brew, hatch; purpose, aim, project, destine, intend, mean, have in view; conceive, think up, imagine, fancy, have ideas… …
102plot — n 1. secret plan, scheme, intrigue, counterplot, machination; procedure, plan of action, tactics, maneuvers, stratagems, strategy; complot, conspiracy, confederacy, cabal. 2. main story, story line, action, intrigue; chain of events or incidents; …
103rig — v 1. equip, furnish, supply, provide, purvey, gird, Archaic. dight, Obs. appoint; outfit, fit out, fit up, fit, turn out, gear, gear up; rig up, rig out, set out, put together. 2. clothe, attire, accouter, array, deck, bedeck, deck out, caparison …
104scheme — n 1. plan, design, intent, purpose, intention; objective, end, aim, object; program, project, enterprise; proposal, suggestion, idea, thought; fancy, dream, daydream, vision, air castle, castle in the air, castle in Spain, Inf. pie in the sky,… …
105wangle — v Informal. arrange, fix, machinate, manage, Inf. finagle, work, maneuver, bring off, Sl. pull off, U.S. Inf. swing; manipulate, pull strings or wires, influence, throw one s weight around; weasel [s.t.] out of [s.o.] get [s.t.] out of [s.o.] …
106connive — [v] plot, scheme angle, be in cahoots with*, cabal, cogitate, collude, conspire, contrive, cook up, devise, diddle*, finagle, frame, frame up, intrigue, machinate, operate, promote, wangle, wire, work hand in glove*; concept 36 …
107conspire — [v1] plot, scheme with someone be in cahoots*, cabal, cogitate, collogue, collude, confederate, connive, contrive, cook up*, cooperate, devise, get in bed with*, hatch, intrigue, machinate, maneuver, operate, promote, put out a contract*, wangle …
108contrive — [v1] invent, design come up with, concoct, construct, cook up, create, devise, dream up*, engineer, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, formulate, frame*, handle, hatch, improvise, make, make up*, manipulate, manufacture, move, plan, plot, project,… …
109devise — [v] conceive, dream up ad lib, arrange, blueprint*, brainstorm*, cast, chart, cogitate, come up with, concoct, construct, contrive, cook up*, craft, create, design, discover, dope out*, fake it, forge, form, formulate, frame*, get off*, hatch,… …
110engineer — [n] person who puts together things architect, builder, contriver, designer, deviser, director, inventor, manager, manipulator, originator, planner, schemer, sights*, surveyor, techie*, technie*; concept 348 engineer [v] devise; bring about angle …
