v. t.
That wickedness which schemed, and executed, his destruction. G. Stuart. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To form a scheme or schemes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. schema a rhetorical figure, a shape, figure, manner, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, form, shape, outline, plan, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, to have or hold, to hold out, sustain, check, stop; cf. Skr. sah to be victorious, to endure, to hold out, AS. sige victory, G. sieg. Cf. Epoch, Hectic, School. ]
The appearance and outward scheme of things. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]
Arguments . . . sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy. J. Edwards. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme of life. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
To draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
A blue silk case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
He forms the well-concerted scheme of mischief;
'T is fixed, 't is done, and both are doomed to death. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]
Artists and plans relieved my solemn hours;
I founded palaces, and planted bowers. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of schemes or plans. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who forms schemes; a projector; esp., a plotter; an intriguer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Schemers and confederates in guilt. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]