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.