machiavellise

present singular third person machiavellises · participle present machiavellising · participle past machiavellised · past machiavellised

1. alternativeAlternative form of Machiavellize.

   'Practical,' she correctd. 'Although, kidnap is a less good idea that a quiet assassination. If it were me, I mean, that's wat I — ' but she stopped machiavellising abruptly.

   2010, Adam Roberts, Gradisil

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   Shakespeare rarely created a subtle villain, and Iago pulling the strings of the Moor's passions — the motives and actions simplified for operatic treatment — is not any less credible than Gloucester machiavellising his way to the crown of Richard III.

   1957, The Australian Quarterly - Volume 29, page 129

present singular third person Machiavellises · participle present Machiavellising · participle past Machiavellised · past Machiavellised

1. alternativeAlternative form of Machiavellize.

   Can it not re-erect itself, conquer, destroy, rebuild, and so Machiavellise itself, that the world can by no means escape it?

   1848, Jacopo Leone, The Jesuit conspiracy, page 82

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   Can it not re-erect itself, conquer, destroy, rebuild, and so Machiavellise itself, that the world can by no means escape it?"

   1850, The Christian guardian (and Church of England magazine)., page 417

   For example, a (self-contained) task may be chosen to Machiavellise the use of a particular structure – cf. Loschky and Bley-Vroman's (1993) necessary condition for a structure-task pairing.

   2013, Martin Bygate, Peter Skehan, Merrill Swain, Researching Pedagogic Tasks, page 6