desidiousnesst (desidiusnes)

Idlene ; lazine ; indolence. Now the Germans, perceiving our desidiousne and neg ligence, do send daily young scholars hither that spoileth [ancient authors) cutteth them out of libraries. Leland, To Secretary Cromwell. desightment (de-sit'ment), n. [ Substitute jury-masts at whatever desightment or dam. age in risk. Times (London). design (dē-zin' or -sin'), v. [OF. designer, des seigner, F. désigner = Pr. designar, dezignar, desegnar = Sp. Pg. designar = It. design are, In the Flore of one of the Octogone Towers they have designed with great accuratene and neatne with Ink an Universal Map in a vast Circle. Lister, Journey to Paris, p. 53. Thus while they speed their pace, the prince designs The new-elected seat, and draws the lines. Dryden. Hence-2. To plan or outline in general; determine upon and mark out the principal features or parts of, as a projected thing or act; plan; devise. The Roman bridges were designed on the same grand scale as their aqueducts, though from their nature they of course could not po e the same grace and lightne . J. Fergu on, Hist. Arch., I. 374. 3. To contrive for a purpose; project for the attainment of a particular end; form in idea, as a scheme. Ask of politicians the end for which laws were originally designed, and they will answer, "As a protection for the poor and weak, against the oppre ion of the rich and powerful.” Burke, Vind. of Nat. Society. The experimenter can only obtain the result which his experiment is designed to obtain. E. R. Lankester, Degeneration, p. 9. 4. To devote to mentally; set apart in intention; intend. son. One of those places was designed by the old man to his Clarendon, Great Rebellion. I design him to be the refuge of the family in their distre . Steele, Tatler, No. 30. We now began to think ourselves designed by the stars to something exalted. Goldsmith, Vicar, x. His lordship is patriarchal in his taste - one wife at a time was insufficient, and he designed us the honour of his left hand. Scott, Kenilworth, xl. We fear that Allston and Greenough did not foresee and design all the effect they produce on us. Emerson, Art. 5. To purpose; intend; mean: with an infinitive as object: as, he designs to write an e ay, or to study law. In the afternoon.. we took our leaves of Damascus and shaped our course for Tripoli; designing in the way to see Balbeck, and the Cedars of Libanus. Maundrell , Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 133. 6t. To mark out by tokens; indicate; point out; designate; appoint. King Edward the Confe or being himself without I ue, had in his Life-time sent into Hungary for his Nephew Edharpurpose the design inte mind tronside, with to him his Succe or Crown. Baker, Chronicles, p. 19. We examined the witne es, and found them fall short of the matter of threatening, and not to agree about the reviling speeches, and, beside, not able to design certainly the men that had so offended. IMG:content-2453.png:[blocks in formation] 'Tis much pity, madam, You should have had any reason to retain This sign of grief, much le the thing designed. B. Jonson, Case is Altered, ii. 3. II. in trans. 1. To do original work in a graphic or plastic art; compose a picture, or make an original plan, as an architect, a landscape-gardener, or an inventor.-2. To invent. -3t. To set out or start, with a certain destination in view; direct one's course. design From this citty she designed for Collin [Cologne], conducted by the Earl of A run dell. Evelyn, Diary, Sept. 10, 1641. The venturous merchant who design'd more far Shall here unlade him, and depart no more. Dryden, Annus Mirabilis, 1. 1198. At this Isle we thought to have sold our Sugar among the English Ships that came hither for Salt; but failing there, we design'd for Trinidad a, an Island near the main, inhabited by the Spaniards. Dampier , Voyages, I. 57. design (de-zin' or -sin'), n. [= OF. de e in, des seing, desing, F. de e in, design; from the verb.] 1. A drawing, especially in outline or little more; any representation made with pencil, pen, or brush. 2. A plan or an outline in general; any representation or statement of the main parts or features of a projected thing or act; specifically, in arch., a plan of an edifice, as represented by the ground-plans, elevations, sections, and whatever other drawings may be nece ary to guide its construction. Internally the architect has complete command of the situation is desigsuit his design to his colours, or his colours J. Fergu on, Hist. Arch., 3. Artistic invention in drawing or sculpture; the practical application of artistic principles or exercise of artistic faculties; the art of designing. Design is not the offspring of idle fancy; it is the studied result of accumulative observation and delightful habit. Ruskin. 4. The arrangement or combination of the details of a picture, a statue, or an edifice. Silent light Slept on the painted walls, wherein were wrought Two grand designs. Tennyson, Prince , vii. Though great elegance is found in parts, Italy can hardly produce a single church which is satisfactory as a design, or which would be intelligible without first explaining the base work of those true styles from which its principal features have been borrowed. J. Fergu on, Hist. Arch., I. 428. 1560 sign, designate.] 1. Capable of being designed or marked out; distinguishable. [Rare.] The designable parts of these corpuscles are therefore unseparable, because there is no vacuity at all intercepted between them. Boyle , Works, I. 413. 2. Capable of being designed or portrayed. designate (des'ig-nāt), v. t.; pret. and pp. des ignated, ppr. designating. [L. design at us, pp. of design are, design: see design, v.] 1. To mark out or indicate by visible lines, marks, description, name, or something known and determinate: as, to designate the limits of a country; to designate the spot where a star appears in the heavens; to designate the place where the troops landed, or shall land.-2. To point out; distinguish from others by indication; name; settle the identity of: as, to be able to designate every individual who was concerned in a riot. -3. To appoint; select or distinguish for a particular purpose; a ign: with for, to, or an infinitive: as, to designate an officer for the command of a station; this captain was desig nated to the command of the party, or to command the party. A mere savage would decide the question of equality by a trial of bodily strength, designating the man that could lift the heaviest beam to be the legislator. J. Barlow, Advice to the Privileged Orders, i. 27. =Syn. 2. To mention, characterize, specify.-3. To allot. designate (des'ig-nāt), a . [L. design at us , pp.: see the verb.] Appointed; marked out. solete in general use.] [Ob Richard Plantage net, Duke of Glocester, was the younger son of Sir Richard Plantage net, the fourth son of that royal family, and King of England, designate by King Henry the Sixth. Sir G. Buck , Hist. Richard III., p. 3. Bishop designate, a priest nominated by royal or other authority to a vacant bishopric, but not yet elected or consecrated.