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DESIGNMENT
Etymology
Noun
designment (countable and uncountable, plural designments)
(obsolete) One's design or plan; an objective, an undertaking.
Source: Wiktionary
De*sign"ment, n.
1. Delineation; sketch; design; ideal; invention. [Obs.] For though that some mean artist's skill were shown In mingling colors, or in placing light, Yet still the fair designment was his own. Dryden.
2. Design; purpose; scheme. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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