| Design (design) |
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| v. t. | (?; 277) |
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| De*sign" |
| [imp.
*** p. p. Designed (?)] p. pr. *** vb.
n. Designing.] [F. dé]signer to
designate, cf. F. dessiner to draw, dessin drawing,
dessein a plan or scheme; all, |
To draw preliminary outline or main features
of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to
draw.
To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to
indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.
To create or produce, as a work of art] to
form a plan or scheme of; to form in idea; to invent; to project; to
lay out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem, a
statue, or a cathedral.
To intend or purpose; -- usually with
for before the remote object, but sometimes with
to.
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| Design (design) |
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| v. i. | |
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| De*sign" |
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To form a design
or designs; to plan.
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| Design (design) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| De*sign" |
| [Cf. dessein,
dessin.] |
A preliminary sketch; an
outline or pattern of the main features of something to be executed,
as of a picture, a building, or a decoration; a delineation; a
plan.
A plan or scheme formed in the mind of
something to be done; preliminary conception; idea intended to be
expressed in a visible form or carried into action; intention;
purpose; -- often used in a bad sense for evil intention or purpose;
scheme; plot.
Specifically, intention or purpose as
revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end; as, the
argument from design.
The realization of an inventive or
decorative plan; esp., a work of decorative art considered as a new
creation; conception or plan shown in completed work; as, this carved
panel is a fine design, or of a fine design.
The invention and conduct of
the subject; the disposition of every part, and the general order of
the whole.
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