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Webster 1913 Edition


Designing

De-sign′ing

,
Adj.
Intriguing; artful; scheming;
as, a
designing
man
.

De-sign′ing

,
Noun.
The act of making designs or sketches; the act of forming designs or plans.

Webster 1828 Edition


Designing

DESIGNING

, ppr.
1.
Forming a design; plnning; delineating the outline; drawing figures on a plane.
2.
A. In an ill sense, artful; insidious; intriguing; contriving schemes of mischief; hence, deceitful. Designing men are always liable to suspicion.

DESIGNING

,
Noun.
The art of delineating objects.