Scheme
Scheme , noun
[Latin schema a rhetorical figure, a shape, figure, manner, Greek {not transcribed}, {not transcribed}, form, shape, outline, plan, from {not transcribed}, {not transcribed}, to have or hold, to hold out, sustain, check, stop; compare Sanskrit sah to be victorious, to endure, to hold out, Anglo-Saxon sige victory, German sieg. Cf. Epoch, Hectic, School.]
1.
A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.
The appearance and outward scheme of things.
Such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity.
Arguments... sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy.
The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme of life.
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.
3.
Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline.
To draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France.
4.
(Astrology) 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.
He forms the well-concerted scheme of mischief;
'T is fixed, 't is done, and both are doomed to death.
Artists and plans relieved my solemn hours;
I founded palaces, and planted bowers.
Scheme , transitive verb
To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot.
That wickedness which schemed, and executed, his destruction.
Scheme , intransitive verb
To form a scheme or schemes.