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verb

Design v. t. (past & past part. designed; pres. part. designing)

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. "We shall see Justice design the victor's chivalry." "Meet me to-morrow where the master And this fraternity shall design."

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. "Ask of politicians the end for which laws were originally designed." "He was designed to the study of the law."

Synonyms: To sketch; plan; purpose; intend; propose; project; mean.

Design v. i. To form a design or designs; to plan.

Design for, to intend to go to. (Obs.) "From this city she designed for Collin (Cologne)."

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... gladly seized. In the absence of the sportsmen of peace times, game had become quite abundant, especially quail. But our "murmurings," if any there were, did not avail, as did those of the Israelites, "to fill the camp." I soon succeeded in getting an Enfield rifle, a gun not designed for such small game. By beating Minie-balls out flat, then cutting the plates into square blocks or slugs, I prepared my ammunition, and in the first eleven shots killed nine quail on the wing. I was shooting for the ...

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... pushed back the blankets that had been banked to his ears. Simultaneously, Bud swung his feet to the cold floor with a thump designed solely to inform Cash that Bud was getting up. Cash turned over with his back to the room and pulled up the blankets. Bud grinned maliciously and dressed as deliberately as the cold of the cabin would let him. To be sure, there was the disadvantage of having to start his own fire, but ...

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... matter. One morning, however, an Ifako boy sought her with the message, "My master wants you." She thought the command somewhat peremptory, but went. To her surprise she found the ground cleared; posts, sticks, and mud ready, and the chiefs waiting her orders. She designed a hall thirty feet by twenty-five, with two rooms at the end for her own use, in case storm or sickness or palaver should prevent her going home. Work was started; and not a single slave was employed in the carrying of the material or in the construction. King ...

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