Synonyms for engineered

Grammar : Verb

Spell : en-juh-neer

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛn dʒəˈnɪər

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Définition of engineered

Origin : early 14c., "constructor of military engines," from Old French engigneor, from Late Latin ingeniare (see engine); general sense of "inventor, designer" is recorded from early 15c.; civil sense, in reference to public works, is recorded from c.1600. Meaning "locomotive driver" is first attested 1832, American English. A "maker of engines" in ancient Greece was a mekhanopoios.

verb devise; bring about

Example sentences :

She had engineered it carefully, and she was, at least in matters like these, a clever woman.
Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt

“Well, I must say you engineered it wonderfully,” declared Hoggan.
Extract from : « The White Lie » by William Le Queux

Petersburg was then in the throes of a general strike—which the Wilhelmstrasse had engineered.
Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus

And now had he not engineered perhaps the fulfilment of his own prophecy?
Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens

That it is a capitalists' war, engineered by company promoters and Jews.
Extract from : « The War in South Africa » by Arthur Conan Doyle

And the man who had engineered that heartless revenge was riding beside her.
Extract from : « Brand Blotters » by William MacLeod Raine

The second was that he thought that spiritual results could be engineered.
Extract from : « A Handful of Stars » by Frank W. Boreham

You're going to expel Percival because you believe he engineered the flag.
Extract from : « The Hero of Garside School » by J. Harwood Panting

He had engineered an invitation, and was there at the moment of writing.
Extract from : « The Lady of the Basement Flat » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

They engineered her off on to their beloved professor at every conceivable turn.
Extract from : « Prudence Says So » by Ethel Hueston

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