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.
The appearance and outward scheme of
things.
Locke.
Such a scheme of things as shall at once take in
time and eternity.
Atterbury.
Arguments . . . sufficient to support and demonstrate a
whole scheme of moral philosophy.
J.
Edwards.
The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme
of life.
Macaulay.
2. A plan or theory something to be done; a
design; a project; as, to form a scheme.
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by
lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want
shoes.
Swift.
3. Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an
outline.
To draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a
map of France.
South.
4. (Astrol.) A representation of the
aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given
event.
A blue silk case, from which was drawn a scheme
of nativity.
Sir W. Scott.
Syn. -- Plan; project; contrivance; purpose; device; plot.
-- 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.
He forms the well-concerted scheme of
mischief;
'T is fixed, 't is done, and both are doomed to death.
Rowe.
Artists and plans relieved my solemn hours;
I founded palaces, and planted bowers.
Prior.
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.
That wickedness which schemed, and executed, his
destruction.
G. Stuart.
Scheme, v. i. To form a scheme or
schemes.
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.
The appearance and outward scheme of
things.
Locke.
Such a scheme of things as shall at once take in
time and eternity.
Atterbury.
Arguments . . . sufficient to support and demonstrate a
whole scheme of moral philosophy.
J.
Edwards.
The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme
of life.
Macaulay.
2. A plan or theory something to be done; a
design; a project; as, to form a scheme.
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by
lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want
shoes.
Swift.
3. Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an
outline.
To draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a
map of France.
South.
4. (Astrol.) A representation of the
aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given
event.
A blue silk case, from which was drawn a scheme
of nativity.
Sir W. Scott.
Syn. -- Plan; project; contrivance; purpose; device; plot.
-- 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.
He forms the well-concerted scheme of
mischief;
'T is fixed, 't is done, and both are doomed to death.
Rowe.
Artists and plans relieved my solemn hours;
I founded palaces, and planted bowers.
Prior.
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.
That wickedness which schemed, and executed, his
destruction.
G. Stuart.
Scheme, v. i. To form a scheme or
schemes.
