| Design |
n. |
To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw. |
| Design |
n. |
To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint. |
| Design |
n. |
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. |
| Design |
n. |
To intend or purpose;
usually with for before the remote object, but sometimes with to. |
| Design |
v. i. |
To form a design or designs; to plan. |
| Design |
n. |
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. |
| Design |
n. |
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. |
| Design |
n. |
Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end; as, the argument from design. |
| Design |
n. |
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. |
| Design |
n. |
The invention and conduct of the subject; the disposition of every part, and the general order of the whole. |
| Designable |
a. |
Capable of being designated or distinctly marked out; distinguishable. |
| Designate |
v. t. |
Designated; appointed; chosen. |
| Designate |
v. t. |
To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested. |
| Designate |
v. t. |
To call by a distinctive title; to name. |
| Designate |
v. t. |
To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty;
with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station. |
| Designated |
imp. & p. p. |
of Designate |
| Designating |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Designate |
| Designation |
n. |
The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication. |
| Designation |
n. |
Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction. |
| Designation |
n. |
That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation. |
| Designation |
n. |
Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase. |
| Designative |
a. |
Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out. |
| Designator |
n. |
An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies. |
| Designator |
n. |
One who designates. |
| Designatory |
a. |
Serving to designate; designative; indicating. |
| Designed |
imp. & p. p. |
of Design |
| Designedly |
adv. |
By design; purposely; intentionally;
opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or inadvertently. |
| Designer |
n. |
One who designs, marks out, or plans; a contriver. |
| Designer |
n. |
One who produces or creates original works of art or decoration. |
| Designer |
n. |
A plotter; a schemer;
used in a bad sense. |
| Designful |
a. |
Full of design; scheming. |
| Designing |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Design |
| Designing |
a. |
Intriguing; artful; scheming; as, a designing man. |
| Designing |
n. |
The act of making designs or sketches; the act of forming designs or plans. |
| Designless |
a. |
Without design. |
| Designment |
n. |
Delineation; sketch; design; ideal; invention. |
| Designment |
n. |
Design; purpose; scheme. |
