Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Design \De*sign"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Designed}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Designing}.] [F. d['e]signer to designate, cf.
   F. dessiner to draw, dessin drawing, dessein a plan or
   scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de-
   + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See {Sign},
   and cf. {Design}, n., {Designate}.]
   1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch
      for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to
      draw. --Dryden.

   2. To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to
      show; to point out; to appoint.

            We shall see Justice design the victor's chivalry.
                                                  --Shak.

            Meet me to-morrow where the master And this
            fraternity shall design.              --Beau. & Fl.

   3. To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or
      scheme of; to form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay
      out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem, a
      statue, or a cathedral.

   4. To intend or purpose; -- usually with for before the
      remote object, but sometimes with to.

            Ask of politicians the end for which laws were
            originally designed.                  --Burke.

            He was designed to the study of the law. --Dryden.

   Syn: To sketch; plan; purpose; intend; propose; project;
        mean.

Source : WordNet®

designed
     adj 1: planned or created in an artistic or skilled manner; "a
            beautifully designed dress"; "some Italian designed
            sandals have cushioning"
     2: done or made or performed with purpose and intent;
        "style...is more than the deliberate and designed
        creation"- Havelock Ellis; "games designed for all ages";
        "well-designed houses" [syn: {intentional}] [ant: {undesigned}]
     3: carefully practiced or designed or premeditated; "a studied
        reply" [syn: {designed(a)}, {studied(a)}]
     4: organized so as to give configuration to; "a magnet is
        surrounded by a configured field"; "a vehicle designed for
        rough terrain" [syn: {configured}]