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.