Definition of scheme

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Scheme (v. t.) To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot.

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Underplot :: Underplot (n.) A clandestine scheme; a trick.
Ingenious :: Ingenious (a.) Proseeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by, genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or mechanism; as, an ingenious model, or machine; an ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc..
Devise :: Devise (v. i.) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
Manoeuvre :: Manoeuvre (n.) To manage with address or art; to scheme.
Horoscope :: Horoscope (n.) The diagram or scheme of twelve houses or signs of the zodiac, into which the whole circuit of the heavens was divided for the purposes of such prediction of fortune..
Politician :: Politician (n.) One primarily devoted to his own advancement in public office, or to the success of a political party; -- used in a depreciatory sense; one addicted or attached to politics as managed by parties (see Politics, 2); a schemer; an intriguer; as, a mere politician..
Plot :: Plot (v. i.) To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
Avail :: Avail (v. i.) To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; as, the plea in bar must avail, that is, be sufficient to defeat the suit; this scheme will not avail; medicines will not avail to check the disease..
Dreamer :: Dreamer (n.) A visionary; one lost in wild imaginations or vain schemes of some anticipated good; as, a political dreamer..
Wise :: Wise (v.) Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination..
Form :: Form (n.) Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer..
Project :: Project (n.) An idle scheme; an impracticable design; as, a man given to projects..
Project :: Project (v. t.) To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan..
Visionary :: Visionary (n.) One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer.
Castlebuilder :: Castlebuilder (n.) Fig.: one who builds castles in the air or forms visionary schemes.
Counsel :: Counsel (n.) Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.
Pinax :: Pinax (n.) A tablet; a register; hence, a list or scheme inscribed on a tablet..
Lottery :: Lottery (n.) A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance..
Originate :: Originate (v. i.) To take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act; as, the scheme originated with the governor and council..
Intrigue :: Intrigue (v. i.) The plot or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events..
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