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1. (n.) To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

2. (n.) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.

3. (n.) To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or scheme of; to form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem, a statue, or a cathedral.

4. (n.) To intend or purpose; -- usually with for before the remote object, but sometimes with to.

5. (v. i.) To form a design or designs; to plan.

6. (n.) A preliminary sketch; an outline or pattern of the main features of something to be executed, as of a picture, a building, or a decoration; a delineation; a plan.

7. (n.) A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done; preliminary conception; idea intended to be expressed in a visible form or carried into action; intention; purpose; -- often used in a bad sense for evil intention or purpose; scheme; plot.

8. (n.) Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end; as, the argument from design.

9. (n.) The realization of an inventive or decorative plan; esp., a work of decorative art considered as a new creation; conception or plan shown in completed work; as, this carved panel is a fine design, or of a fine design.

10. (n.) The invention and conduct of the subject; the disposition of every part, and the general order of the whole.

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abstract art action aim aim at ambition anagnorisis angle animus approach architectonics architecture argument arrange arrangement art art form art object artful dodge artifice artist arts and crafts arts of design aspiration aspire after aspire to atmosphere attack background background detail bag of tricks balance be after beget black and white blind blueprint blueprinting bluff bosey brainchild breed bric-a-brac bring forth bring into being brouillon brushwork cabal calculate calculation call into being calligraphy canon form cartoon cast catastrophe catch cave art ceramics chalk characterization charcoal charcoal drawing chart charting chiaroscuro chicanery chouse classic coin color complication composition conation conceive conception concert concoct configuration connivance conniving conspiracy constitution construct construction contemplate continuity contrivance contrive cook up copy counsel coup craft crayon create creation crosshatch curve curve-ball cut out cute trick dash off daub deceit decoration decorative composition decorative style deliberation delineate delineation denouement depict desideration desideratum designing designs desire destine detail determination determine develop development device devise diagram dirty deal dirty trick disposition dodge doodle dope out draft draftsmanship draw draw up drawing dream up drive at ebauche effect elevation engender engraving enterprise envisage envisagement envision episode esquisse etching evil intent evolve expedient fable fabricate fakement falling action fashion fast deal feint fetch ficelle figure figuring fine arts fixed purpose foil folk art forecast foreground detail foresight forethought forge form format formation frame fugue form function gambit game game plan generate gimmick give being to give rise to go for goal googly graph graphic arts graphing grift grotesque ground plan grouping guidelines harbor a design hatch have every intention hocus-pocus house plan ichnography idea improvise incident intend intendment intent intention intrigue invent invention joker juggle jugglery kitsch knavery lay out lay plans layout lied form limn line line drawing lineup little game local color long-range plan machination make make a projection make arrangements make do with make up maneuver manipulation map map out mapping master master plan masterpiece masterwork mature mean meaning method methodize methodology mind mint mobile
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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