DESIGNING, participle present tense 1. Forming a design; plnning; delineating the outline; drawing figures on a plane. 2. adjective In an ill sense, artful; insidious; intriguing; contriving schemes of mischief; hence, deceitful. designing men are always liable to suspicion. DESIGNING, noun The art of delineating objects.
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