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

Antonyms for engineered

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