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designing

verbadjectivenounattested in dialogue

artful; scheming

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of designpresent participle and gerund of design

adjective

  1. 1

    artful; scheming

    a designing man

noun

  1. 1

    A process of design.

    Are these, the reality of things, a part of the great designings or are they not? If so, it would have been better, that there had been no such designings; if not, how is the theory of omnipotent design borne out?

Forms

plural
designings
comparative
more designing
superlative
most designing
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