scheme

n. திட்டம், வகைதுறை ஏற்பாடு, இடநிலை விளக்கவரைப்படம், வகை புணர்ப்புமுறைப் பட்டியல், வகைமுறைப் பட்டி, முறைவகுப்பு, கால விவரப்பட்டி, கால அட்டவணை, செயற்படுத்துவதற்கான திட்டம், உருவரைச் சட்டம், பாடத்திட்டம், செயல்வரைச்சட்டம், சூழ்ச்சிமுறை, (வினை.) சூழ்ச்சிசெய், மறைவாகத் திட்டம் வகு, வகைதுறைத் திட்டஞ் செய்.

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Scheme, n. Etym: [L. schema a rhetorical figure, a shape, figure, manner, Gr. sah to be victorious, to endure, to hold out, AS. sige victory, G. sieg. Cf. Epoch, Hectic, School.] 1. A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system. The appearance and outward scheme of things. Locke. Such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity. Atterbury. Arguments . . . sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy. J. Edwards. The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme of life. Macaulay. 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 cuttig off our feet when we want shoes. Swift. 3. Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline. To draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France. South. 4. (Astrol.) Defn: A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment o at a given event. A blue case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity. Sir W. Scott. Syn. -- Plan; project; contrivance; purpose; device; plot. -- Scheme, Plan. Scheme and plan are subordinate to design; they propose modes of carrying our designs into effect. Scheme is the least definite of the two, and lies more in speculation. A plan is drawn out into details with a view to being carried into effect. As schemes are speculative, they often prove visionary; hence the opprobrious use of the words schemer and scheming. Plans, being more practical, are more frequently carried into effect. He forms the well-concerted scheme of mischief; 'T is fixed, 't is done, and both are doomed to death. Rowe. Artists and plans relieved my solemn hours; I founded palaces, and planted bowers. prior. Scheme, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Schemed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scheming.] Defn: To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot. That wickedness which schemed, and executed, his destruction. G. Stuart. Scheme, v. i. Defn: To form a scheme or schemes.