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engineered
     1. adj. Produced by engineering; designed and manufactured according to an engineering methodology.
engineer
     1. n. A person who is qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering.
     2. n. (Philippines) (A title given to an engineer.)
     3. n. (chiefly American) A person who controls motion of substance (such as a locomotive). (c, en, Rail transportation)
     4. n. (nautical) A person employed in the engine room of a ship.
     5. v. To design, construct or manage something as an engineer.
     6. v. To alter or construct something by means of genetic engineering.
     7. v. To plan or achieve some goal by contrivance or guile; to wangle or finagle.
     8. v. To control motion of substance; to change motion.
     9. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To work as an engineer.

Example Sentences

No one was responsible for the great Wall Street crash. No one engineered the speculation that preceded it. Both were the product of free choice and decision of hundreds of thousands of individuals. 



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