Posted on 04/09/2013 4:27:08 AM PDT by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
machinate \MAK-uh-neyt\ , verb
to contrive or plot, especially artfully or with evil purpose: to machinate the overthrow of the government.
Example sentences:
...his malevolent memory would machinate on [it], until the day the darkness he so passionately believed in but just as passionately tried to avoid finally descended.
--Warning, 2010
You do not think I am intelligent enough to scheme? Then I haven't the wits necessary to machinate?
-- Connie Brockway, So Enchanting, 2009
Etymology:
Machinate entered English from the Latin machina in the first half of the fifteenth century.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
As the West dawdles and worries about how to keep Iran without nukes, an earthquake today makes me wonder if the lord himself has machinated a resolution, of not a warning, that the issue cannot be avoided much longer.
A+ for you. There are no coincidences.
That is entirely possible. A for you!
What a wretched day...
The ‘rats must be thinking
That chicken little was right-
Some covert machinations
Are being dragged to light
The word “Watergate” applies-
With covert taping and such
Obama’s Nixonian nature shows
That he, too is out of touch
But he touched the third rail
Just like some desperate kid-
Promised to steal from everyone
Which Tricky Dick never did...
They’ve been outed for spying on McConnell now too. A+ for you.
Thank you! Some people just do not learn from bad examples...
I’ve seen a few seaside vistas, but it’s mostly just like any Latin America place. But in English. Sort of.
Not sure how far to the other island.
Your passport must be very colorful.
I’ve had extra pages inserted.
They must have been machinating for the publicity:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3006058/posts
What IS it with these idiots?
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