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design(2) (iou)



design verb. LME.
[Partly from Latin designare DESIGNATE verb, partly from French designer from Latin.]
I. verb trans. = DESIGNATE verb 2. LME-M17.
verb trans. = DESIGNATE verb 4. arch. LME.
Southey The plains..ere long to be design'd Castille.
verb trans. = DESIGNATE verb 3. L16-M17.
T. Warmstry Designing forth unto us the place whither hee is ascended.
verb trans. (Cf. DESIGNATE verb 1.)
a. Appoint to an office or function; nominate. L16-E18.
b. Devote to a fate or purpose. obsolete exc. as passing into sense 9. L16.
B. G. Gerbier The Duke..designed in his Will ten Thousand Gilders..to..alter what he had Built amisse.
verb trans. Assign (something to a person); grant, give. L16-L19.
verb trans. Set (a thing) apart for (to, on) a person. (Passing into sense 9.) M17.
II.
a. verb trans. Plan and execute (a structure, work of art, etc.); fashion, shape; make a preliminary sketch for (a work of art etc.); make drawings and plans for the construction or production of (a building, machine, garment, etc.). LME.
J. Fergusson The Roman bridges were designed on the same grand scale as their aqueducts. G. B. Shaw To snatch moments from his painting and sculpture to design some wonderful dresses for us. D. Carnegie The car was so designed that it could be operated entirely by hand.
b. verb trans. gen. Draw, sketch; outline, delineate. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
Evelyn The prospect was so tempting that I designed it with my crayon.
c. verb intrans. Be a designer of works of art, buildings, machines, garments, etc. M17.
J. Ruskin A painter designs when he chooses some things, refuses others, and arranges all.
verb trans. Form a plan or scheme of; contrive. M16.
W. Faulkner We had long ago designed marriage for him.
verb trans. Intend, purpose, (something, as, to be, to do, doing, that); create or intend for a specific purpose. E17.
S. Butler How does the Devil know What 'twas that I design'd to do? Defoe I did not design you should have heard. G. Orwell Political language..is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable. New English Bible: Ephesians 2:10 Good deeds for which God has designed us. I. Murdoch An air of self-righteousness which was clearly designed as a provocation.
b. verb trans. in pass. & intrans. Intend to start on a journey or course, set out or be bound for. arch. M17.
verb trans. Have in view, contemplate. L17.