designment
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun Design; sketch; delineation.
- noun Purpose; aim; intent; plot.
- noun Enterprise; undertaking.
Examples
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Having buried, only in a preparation, a great mass of substance, whereby his estate was impaired, his mind yet not dismayed, he continued his former designment, and purposed to revive this enterprise, good occasion serving.
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‘Fore valour! it was a designment begun with much resolution, maintained with as much prowess, and ended with more humanity.”
Note
The word 'designment' comes in part from a Latin root meaning 'to plan'.
