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English Dictionary: scheming by the DICT Development Group
3 results for scheming
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scheming
adj
  1. used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"
    Synonym(s): calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, 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"
    Synonym(s): designing, scheming
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scheming \Schem"ing\, a.
      Given to forming schemes; artful; intriguing. --
      {Schem"ing*ly}, adv.

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.
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