Word Meanings - DESIGNLESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Without design. -- De*sign"less*ly, adv.
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- DESIGN
drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace - DESIGNATE
Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck. - WITHOUT-DOOR
Outdoor; exterior. "Her without-door form." Shak. - WITHOUTFORTH
Without; outside' outwardly. Cf. Withinforth. Chaucer. - DESIGNATOR
An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies. 2. One who designates. - DESIGNATIVE
Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out. - DESIGNFUL
Full of design; scheming. -- De*sign"ful*ness, n. Barrow. - DESIGNEDLY
By design; purposely; intentionally; -- opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or inadvertently. - DESIGNLESS
Without design. -- De*sign"less*ly, adv. - WITHOUTEN
Without. Chaucer. - DESIGNER
One who produces or creates original works of art or decoration. 3. A plotter; a schemer; -- used in a bad sense. (more info) 1. One who designs, marks out, or plans; a contriver. - DESIGNING
Intriguing; artful; scheming; as, a designing man. - DESIGNMENT
1. Delineation; sketch; design; ideal; invention. For though that some mean artist's skill were shown In mingling colors, or in placing light, Yet still the fair designment was his own. Dryden. 2. Design; purpose; scheme. Shak. - DESIGNABLE
Capable of being designated or distinctly marked out; distinguishable. Boyle. - WITHOUT
1. On or art the outside; not on the inside; not within; outwardly; externally. Without were fightings, within were fears. 2 Cor. vii. 5. 2. Outside of the house; out of doors. The people came unto the house without. Chaucer. - DESIGNATORY
Serving to designate; designative; indicating. - DESIGNATION
1. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication. 2. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction. 3. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation. The usual designation of - FOREDESIGN
To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne. - PREDESIGNATE
A term used by Sir William Hamilton to define propositions having their quantity indicated by a verbal sign; as, all, none, etc.; -- contrasted with preindesignate, defining propositions of which the quantity is not so indicated. - UNDESIGNING
Having no artful, ulterior, or fraudulent purpose; sincere; artless; simple. - PREDESIGN
To design or purpose beforehand; to predetermine. Mitford. - PREINDESIGNATE
Having no sign expressive of quantity; indefinite. See Predesignate.