Mach`i*na"tion (?), n. [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.
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