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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Scheme \Scheme\, n. [L. schema a rhetorical figure, a shape, figure, manner, Gr. ?, ?, form, shape, outline, plan, fr. ?, ?, 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}.] 1. A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system. [1913 Webster] 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] 2. A plan or theory something to be done; a design; a project; as, to form a scheme. [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] 3. Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline. [1913 Webster] To draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France. --South. [1913 Webster] 4. (Astrol.) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event. [1913 Webster] A blue silk case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Syn: Plan; project; contrivance; purpose; device; plot. Usage: {Scheme}, {Plan}. Scheme and plan are subordinate to design; they propose modes of carrying our designs into effect. Scheme is the least definite of the two, and lies more in speculation. A plan is drawn out into details with a view to being carried into effect. As schemes are speculative, they often prove visionary; hence the opprobrious use of the words schemer and scheming. Plans, being more practical, are more frequently carried into effect. [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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Scheme \Scheme\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Schemed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scheming}.] To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot. [1913 Webster] That wickedness which schemed, and executed, his destruction. --G. Stuart. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Scheme \Scheme\, v. i. To form a scheme or schemes. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: scheme n 1: an elaborate and systematic plan of action [syn: {scheme}, {strategy}] 2: a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery [syn: {dodge}, {dodging}, {scheme}] 3: a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going" [syn: {system}, {scheme}] 4: an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world [syn: {schema}, {scheme}] 5: a schematic or preliminary plan [syn: {outline}, {schema}, {scheme}] v 1: form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner [syn: {scheme}, {intrigue}, {connive}] 2: devise a system or form a scheme for