designment

American  

[dih-zahyn-muhnt] / dɪˈzaɪn mənt /

noun

Obsolete.

1. design; plan.

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Etymology

Origin of designment

First recorded in 1560–70; design + -ment

Example Sentences

That was only a typical designment by special promise, because Christ was to come of that line; it was therefore established in David's family for typical reasons, that cannot be now alledged.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander

And therefore he was straight sent unto by the Duchess to go for Ireland, according to the first designment.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

What to this hour successively is done   Was full of peril, to our honor small,   Naught to our first designment, if we shun   The purposed end, or here lie fixed all.

From Jerusalem Delivered by Fairfax, Edward

Having buried, only in a preparation, a great mass of substance, whereby his estate was impaired, his mind yet not dismayed, he continued his former designment, and purposed to revive this enterprise, good occasion serving.

From Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland by Hayes, Edward, fl. 1580.

I am now to put in act an especial designment from my father Jove; but, that perform'd, I am for any fresh action that offers itself.

From Cynthia's Revels by Jonson, Ben