This week's theme
Verbs

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subsume
discomfit
begrudge
avulse
machinate

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French words that are now anglicized

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PRONUNCIATION:

(MAK-uh-nayt, MASH-)

MEANING:

verb tr., intr.: To plot or scheme.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin machinari (to contrive), from machina (device). Ultimately from the Indo-European root magh- (to be able, have power), which is also the source of might, may, dismay, and magic. Earliest documented use: 1537.

USAGE:

"Most storylines in The Bold and the Beautiful revolve around characters who manipulate and machinate for love and money."
Christina Hoag; Skid Row Featured in Soap Opera; AP (New York); Jun 12, 2011

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