Part 2998

<h1>Designatory</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Des"ig*na*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Serving to designate; designative; indicating.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Designedly</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>De*sign"ed*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By design; purposely; intentionally; -- opposed to <i>accidentally</i>, <i>ignorantly</i>, or <i>inadvertently</i>.</def>

<h1>Designer</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>De*sign"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who designs, marks out, or plans; a contriver.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>One who produces or creates original works of art or decoration.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A plotter; a schemer; -- used in a bad sense.</def>

<h1>Designful</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>De*sign"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of design; scheming.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>De*sign"ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[R.]</mark></wordforms>

<i>Barrow.</i>

<h1>Designing</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>De*sign"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Intriguing; artful; scheming; <as>as, a <ex>designing</ex> man</as>.</def>

<h1>Designing</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>De*sign"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of making designs or sketches; the act of forming designs or plans.</def>

<h1>Designless</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>De*sign"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without design.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>De*sign"less*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<h1>Designment</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>De*sign"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Delineation; sketch; design; ideal; invention.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>For though that some mean artist's skill were shown In mingling colors, or in placing light, Yet still the fair <b>designment</b> was his own. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Design; purpose; scheme.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Desilver</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>De*sil"ver</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To deprive of silver; <as>as, to <ex>desilver</ex> lead</as>.</def>

<h1>Desilverization</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>De*sil`ver*i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or the process of freeing from silver; also, the condition resulting from the removal of silver.</def>