machinate - arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
initiate, pioneer - take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"
put on, mount - prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; "mount a theater production"; "mount an attack"; "mount a play"
lay - prepare or position for action or operation; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan"
set up - begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.; "set up an election"
quelle monache forzate anco esse che, invecchiate, sono vicine a finir con la vitta i tormenti temporali, usano ogni arte a sotisfatione de' parenti per rapir l'anime dell' innocenti e semplice giovanette et unirsele ne' cruccij della Religione, incontando et intreciando le piu favolose menzognie che da niun famoso e perito poeta mai state machinate (31-32).
Spencer also partners Machinate in the opening Coral And Talksport Supporting Children 1st Handicap and the pair look capable of getting the day off to a winning start.
un'infamissima magia machinate dall'ambitione" ("an infernal specter, a false and devilish chimera, a most infamous form of wizardry, fruit of the machinations of ambition"), see Tarabotti, 1990, 42.