μηχανᾶσθαι

From LSJ

Φιλοσοφίαν δὲ τὴν μὲν κατὰ φύσιν, ὦ Βασιλεῦ, ἐπαίνει καὶ ἀσπάζου, τὴν δέ θεοκλυτεῖν φάσκουσαν παραίτου. → Praise and revere, O King, the philosophy that accords with nature, and avoid that which pretends to invoke the gods. (Philostratus, Ap. 5.37)

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also μηχανάομαι): cause, contrive, device, devise, form, bring about

Lexicon Thucydideum

machinari, consilium inire, to plot, form a plan, 4.46.4, 5.45.2, 6.38.4, 6.64.1, 7.25.8, 7.73.3,
parare, procurare, to prepare, provide, 4.47.1.