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Design for

Design \De*sign"\, v. i. To form a design or designs; to plan.

Design for, to intend to go to. [Obs.] ``From this city she designed for Collin [Cologne].''
--Evelyn.

Usage examples of "design for".

Like most older houses, the Harper place had no ground-floor windows and but a single door that fit tightly and opened outward-a design for a time when lopers and dragons were ubiquitous.

He studied its design for a time in silence, than: Tell us, do you understand the symbols used by Leibowitz?

Like most older houses, the Harper place had Po ground-floor windows and but a single door that fit tightly and opened outward-a design for a time when lopers and dragons were ubiquitous.

He combed his hair in its old design for the first time in months.

Before I had attacked the design for the third time, the words I used for my petition were echoed by both Bina and Tam.

Tens of millions of men each with his own master design for the future come here, and make their own pictures on the living canvas of this part of the universe.