Design

de-zīn′, or de-sīn′, v.t. to draw: to form a plan of: to contrive: to intend.— n. a drawing or sketch: a plan in outline: a plan or scheme formed in the mind: plot: intention.— adj. Design′able .— v.t. Des′ignāte , to mark out so as to make known: to show: to name.— ns. Designā′tion , a showing or pointing out: name: title; Des′ignātor .— adv. Design′edly , by design: intentionally.— n. Design′er , one who furnishes designs or patterns: a plotter.— adjs. Design′ful , full of design; Design′ing , artful: scheming: deceitful.— n. the art of making designs or patterns.— adj. Design′le .— n. Design′ment , the design or sketch of a work: ( Shak. ) intention, purpose, enterprise.— The argument from design , the argument for the existence of God derived from the evidences of design in creation. [Fr.,—L. designāre , -ātum — de , and signum , a mark.]