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[dih-zahy-ning] Origin

de·sign·ing

[dih-zahy-ning]
adjective
1.
scheming; intriguing; artful; crafty.
2.
showing or using forethought.
noun
3.
the act or art of making designs.

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Origin:
1610–20; design + -ing2, -ing1

de·sign·ing·ly, adverb
well-de·sign·ing, adjective


1. wily, cunning, tricky, sly.

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de·sign

[dih-zahyn]
verb (used with object)
1.
to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
2.
to plan and fashion artistically or skillfully.
3.
to intend for a definite purpose: a scholarship designed for foreign students.
4.
to form or conceive in the mind; contrive; plan: The prisoner designed an intricate escape.
5.
to assign in thought or intention; purpose: He designed to be a doctor.
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6.
Obsolete. to mark out, as by a sign; indicate.
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verb (used without object)
7.
to make drawings, preliminary sketches, or plans.
8.
to plan and fashion the form and structure of an object, work of art, decorative scheme, etc.
noun
9.
an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed.
10.
organization or structure of formal elements in a work of art; composition.
11.
the combination of details or features of a picture, building, etc.; the pattern or motif of artistic work: the design on a bracelet.
12.
the art of designing: a school of design.
13.
a plan or project: a design for a new process.
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14.
a plot or intrigue, especially an underhand, deceitful, or treacherous one: His political rivals formulated a design to unseat him.
15.
designs, a hostile or aggressive project or scheme having evil or selfish motives: He had designs on his partner's stock.
16.
intention; purpose; end.
17.
adaptation of means to a preconceived end.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English designen < Latin dēsignāre to mark out. See de-, sign

out·de·sign, verb (used with object)
o·ver·de·sign, verb
pre·de·sign, verb (used with object)
re·de·sign, verb
self-de·sign, noun
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un·der·de·sign, verb (used with object)
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5. See intend. 13. See plan.

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designing (dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ)
 
adj
artful and scheming; conniving; crafty
 
de'signingly
 
adv

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designing
"scheming," 1670s, from design (q.v.).
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