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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Plan

Plān, n.

noun

n. [Fr. & Sp. plan, It. piano, from Lat. planus, flat, level; Ger., D., Dan., & Sw. plan.]

Sense 1. A draught or form; properly, the representation of any thing drawn on a plane, as a map or chart; especially, the representation of an horizontal section of any thing, as of a building or machine; a draught; a diagram; a graphic representation.

Sense 2. A scheme devised; a method of action or procedure expressed or described in language; a project; as, the plan of a constitution of government; the plan of a treaty; the plan of an expedition.

Synonyms— Scheme; draught; delineation; plot; sketch; project; design; contrivance; device. See SCHEME.

Plăn, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. PLANNED; p. pr. & vb. n. PLANNING.]

  1. To form a draught or representation of; to represent, as by a diagram.
  2. To scheme; to devise; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country; to plan a reduction of taxes, or of the national debt.