Both Uses of
machinations
in
King Lear
- We have seen the best of our time: machinations, hollowness, treachery, and all ruinous disorders follow us disquietly to our graves.†
Scene 1.2 *
- If you miscarry, Your business of the world hath so an end, And machination ceases.†
Scene 5.1
Definition:
typically plural: a crafty and involved plot to achieve usually sinister ends; or the process of creating the plot