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

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

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.

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

Hauing buried onely in a preparation a great masse of substance, wherby his estate was impaired, his minde yet not dismaid he continued his former designment and purpose to reuiue this enterprise, good occasion seruing.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. by Hakluyt, Richard

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)