Designed
[dɪ'zaɪnd]
Definition
(adj.) done or made or performed with purpose and intent; 'style...is more than the deliberate and designed creation'- Havelock Ellis; 'games designed for all ages'; 'well-designed houses' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Design
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Examples
- Many special tools, particularly those designed for _bicycle work_, have been devised, as exhibited by patent to Hillman, August 11, 1891, No. 457,718. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The motorcycle in its form of today was designed and built by America. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The car was designed and built within twenty-seven days. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We seem to have been designed for each other. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The quintuple grade is designed more particularly for hotels, restaurants, clubs and other institutions where the wear is especially severe. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- So Mr. Duncan designed and built what is now known as the first chain addressograph. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He drew plans for machinery, he designed houses and carriages, he worked as professional painter. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The planing machine of Muir, of Glasgow, British patent No. 5,502, of 1827, was designed for making boards for flooring, and represented a considerable advance in the art. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Robert designed the tubular bridge across the Menai Straits on this line, which was considered a most remarkable feat. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- They are so designed that every part of the interior receives a full share of daylight. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They are designed often to afford a yielding connection between the shaft and a machine which shall prevent excessive strain and wear upon starting of the shaft. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- EDISON had no sooner designed his dynamo in 1879 than he adopted the same form of machine for use as a motor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She was designed by the English engineer Brunel, and was intended for the Australian trade. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He was not to be honoured in dying as your will had designed. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She paused before him with a smile which seemed at once designed to admit him to her familiarity, and to remind him of the restrictions it imposed. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The prototype of all machines designed to bind the grain before being delivered to the ground is the Marsh harvester. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The accompanying illustration (Fig. 13) is of a rectangular grill, made of pressed steel and highly polished, designed to operate from any electric light socket. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The inventor na?vely states that it has round chambers for round balls, designed for Christians, and square chambers, with square balls, for the Turks. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- To overcome this difficulty skew bridges were designed, that crossed roads and canals in slanting directions. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Most of these expeditions got off finally, but too late to render any service in the direction for which they were designed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The load to be carried is placed on this table, and as the machine was at first designed to compress materials the load is pressed by the rising table against an upper stationary plate. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There is furnished also a reflector which is so designed that it serves equally well as a cover for either dish and makes a very choice griddle for baking hot cakes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- James Gregory, a Scotchman, designed the first reflector in 1663, and described it in a book, but he was too poor to construct it. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Strange that Creation, designed expressly for Monseigneur, should be so soon wrung dry and squeezed out! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- In the other corner was a bed of much humbler pretensions, and evidently designed for _use_. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It is designed for taking observations of heavenly bodies and recording mechanically the parts of the astronomical triangle used in navigation and like work. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Some years ago a certain application was made, and contained the following terse and modest sentence: I have designed a concentrating plant and built a machine shop, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I protested at the rate of speed over the sharp curves, designed to show the power of the engine, but Edison said they had done it often. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Caddy said she didn't know; perhaps they were designed for teachers, perhaps for the stage. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- All these movements were designed to be in support of Sherman's march, the object being to keep the Confederate troops in the West from leaving there. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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