<B>design, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a drawing, plan, or sketch made to serve as a pattern from which to work. <BR> <I>Ex. The design showed how to build the machine.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the arrangement of details, form, and color in painting, weaving, building, or other artistic, architectural, or mechanical form. <BR> <I>Ex. a wallpaper design in tan and brown.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the art of making designs, patterns, or sketches. <BR> <I>Ex. a school of design. Architects study and become skilled in design.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a piece of artistic work. <DD><B> 5. </B>a plan in mind to be carried out. <BR> <I>Ex. The design was to establish an unusual summer theater. I shall soon have gone too far in my design of deception ever to go back (Graham Greene).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>a scheme of attack; evil or crafty plan. <BR> <I>Ex. The thief had designs upon the safe.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>purpose; aim; intention. <BR> <I>Ex. Whether by accident or design, he overturned the lamp.</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>adaptation of means to a planned end; underlying plan or conception. <BR> <I>Ex. the evidence of design in a communications satellite.</I> <DD><B> 9. </B>(Archaic.) crafty scheming. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make a first sketch of; plan out; arrange form and color of; draw in outline. <BR> <I>Ex. to design a dress, to design a bridge.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to plan out; form in the mind; contrive. <BR> <I>Ex. The author of this detective story has designed an exciting plot.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to have in mind to do; purpose; mean. <BR> <I>Ex. Did you design this, or did it just happen?</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to set apart; intend. <BR> <I>Ex. The nursery was designed for the baby's use. His parents designed him for the ministry.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Obsolete.) to point out; indicate. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Obsolete.) to appoint; nominate. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to make drawings, sketches, or plans. <BR> <I>Ex. He designs for our dress department.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to form or fashion a work of art. </DL>
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<B>designate, </B>verb, <B>-nated,</B> <B>-nating,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to mark out; point out; show. <BR> <I>Ex. Red lines designate main roads on this map. His uniform designates his rank.</I> (SYN) indicate. <DD><B> 2. </B>to name; entitle. <BR> <I>Ex. The ruler is designated king.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to select for duty, office, or other position; appoint. <BR> <I>Ex. That man has been designated by the President as the next Secretary of State.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> appointed or nominated for office but not yet installed. <BR> <I>Ex. a premier designate.</I> </DL>
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<B>designated driver,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who agrees not to drink alcoholic beverages at a social gathering in order to be fit to drive for others. <BR> <I>Ex. There will be temptations to grab a beer every now and then, he says, "but it's out of the question ... Now I can be the designated driver" (San Francisco Chronicle).</I> </DL>
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<B>designated hitter,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a baseball player designated by a team to bat in place of the pitcher throughout the game. The designated hitter for each game can appear anywhere in the batting order. </DL>
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<B>designation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of marking out; pointing out; definite indication. <BR> <I>Ex. The designation of places on a map should be clear.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a descriptive title; name. <BR> <I>Ex. "Your Honor" is a designation given to a judge.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>appointment to an office or position; selection for a duty. <BR> <I>Ex. The designation of Cabinet officers is one of the powers of the President.</I> </DL>
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<B>designative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> serving to designate. </DL>
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<B>designator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that designates. </DL>
<B>designed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> planned; intended. <BR> <I>Ex. The route designed for us was closed to traffic.</I> </DL>
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<B>designedly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> by design; on purpose; intentionally. (SYN) purposely. </DL>
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<B>designee, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who is designated. <BR> <I>Ex. Such rules shall define the powers of the president or his designee with respect to disciplinary action (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>design engineer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an engineer who plans each part of a device or structure and shows how the parts fit together and the materials to be used. </DL>
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<B>designer, </B>noun adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person who designs. <BR> <I>Ex. The dress designer made sketches and patterns for the new fall fashions of women's clothes.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a plotter; schemer. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>designed by and bearing the name of a fashion designer. <BR> <I>Ex. designer jeans.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>altered so as to have planned for particular characteristics; bioengineered. <BR> <I>Ex. If an unusual "designer foods" project... here achieves its goals, the label on orange juice might someday read: "Fortified with plant-derived ... carotenoids, and phenolic glycosides to help prevent cancer" (Jane E. Brody).</I> </DL>
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<B>designer drug,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a narcotic made so that it is not a chemically controlled substance. <BR> <I>Ex. "Designer drugs"--designed ... by underground chemists who tinker with the molecular structure of illegal narcotics to produce variants that are not explicitly banned by federal law (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>designing, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>scheming; plotting. <BR> <I>Ex. The designing widow soon had the handsome bachelor in her net.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>showing plan or forethought. <DD><I>noun </I> the art of making designs, patterns, or sketches. adv. <B>designingly.</B> </DL>
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<B>designless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without design, plan, or purpose; aimless; heedless. </DL>
<B>desipramine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a drug used as an antidepressant or psychic energizer. </DL>
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<B>desirability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><I>no pl.</I> the state or quality of being desirable. <BR> <I>Ex. Nobody doubts the desirability of good health.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>pl. <B>-ties.</B> <DD> a desirable condition or thing. <BR> <I>Ex. various desirabilities to choose from.</I> </DL>
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<B>desirable, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> worth wishing for; worth having; pleasing; good. <BR> <I>Ex. a quiet, desirable neighborhood. Main Street is a very desirable location for a large department store.</I> (SYN) excellent. <DD><I>noun </I> a desirable person or thing. noun <B>desirableness.</B> </DL>
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<B>desirably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a desirable manner. </DL>
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<B>desire, </B>noun, verb, <B>-sired,</B> <B>-siring.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a wanting or longing; strong wish. <BR> <I>Ex. His desire is to travel. His predominant passion was desire of money (Samuel Johnson).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a wish expressed in words; request. <BR> <I>Ex. I sent you, at your desire, the articles you wanted.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a thing wished for. <BR> <I>Ex. His greatest desire was a bicycle. The desire of all nations is peace.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>sensual appetite; lust. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to wish earnestly for; long for. <BR> <I>Ex. The orphan desired love and approval.</I> (SYN) long, yearn, crave. <DD><B> 2. </B>to express a wish for; ask for. <BR> <I>Ex. The principal desires your presence in his office. I desired a room for the night.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Archaic.) to miss; regret the loss of. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) to invite. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to have or feel a desire. (SYN) long, yearn, crave. noun <B>desirer.</B> </DL>
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<B>desirous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>desiring; wishing; eager. <BR> <I>Ex. She is desirous of going to France on her vacation.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) desirable. adv. <B>desirously.</B> noun <B>desirousness.</B> </DL>
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<B>desist, </B>intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to stop doing something; cease. <BR> <I>Ex. Desist at once! Men should therefore desist from this enormous crime (Henry Fielding).</I> </DL>
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<B>desistance</B> or <B>desistence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a ceasing to act or proceed; stopping. </DL>
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<B>desition, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an ending; end; conclusion. </DL>
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<B>desizing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the process of removing size from cloth. </DL>
