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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scheme  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scheming  \Schem"ing\,  a. 
  Given  to  forming  schemes;  artful;  intriguing.  -- 
  {Schem"ing*ly},  adv 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scheming 
  adj  1:  used  of  persons;  "the  most  calculating  and  selfish  men  in 
  the  community"  [syn:  {calculating},  {calculative},  {conniving}, 
  {shrewd}] 
  2:  concealing  crafty  designs  for  advancing  your  own  interest; 
  "a  selfish  and  designing  nation  obsessed  with  the  dark 
  schemes  of  European  intrigue"-  W.Churchill;  "a  scheming 
  wife";  "a  scheming  gold  digger"  [syn:  {designing}]




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