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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

2. (n.) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.

3. (n.) To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or scheme of; to form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem, a statue, or a cathedral.

4. (n.) To intend or purpose; -- usually with for before the remote object, but sometimes with to.

5. (v. i.) To form a design or designs; to plan.

6. (n.) A preliminary sketch; an outline or pattern of the main features of something to be executed, as of a picture, a building, or a decoration; a delineation; a plan.

7. (n.) A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done; preliminary conception; idea intended to be expressed in a visible form or carried into action; intention; purpose; -- often used in a bad sense for evil intention or purpose; scheme; plot.

8. (n.) Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end; as, the argument from design.

9. (n.) The realization of an inventive or decorative plan; esp., a work of decorative art considered as a new creation; conception or plan shown in completed work; as, this carved panel is a fine design, or of a fine design.

10. (n.) The invention and conduct of the subject; the disposition of every part, and the general order of the whole.

Greek

1963. epinoia -- a thought, design
... a thought, design. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: epinoia Phonetic
Spelling: (ep-in'-oy-ah) Short Definition: thought, purpose Definition ...
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4388. protithemi -- to set before, ie propose
... ie propose. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: protithemi Phonetic Spelling:
(prot-ith'-em-ahee) Short Definition: I purpose, design beforehand Definition: I ...
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1917. epiboule -- a plan against
... a plan against. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: epiboule Phonetic
Spelling: (ep-ee-boo-lay') Short Definition: a plot, design against Definition ...
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3540. noema -- thought, purpose
... thought, purpose. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: noema Phonetic Spelling:
(no'-ay-mah) Short Definition: a thought, design, the mind Definition ...
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2680. kataskeuazo -- to prepare
... according to," intensifying , "to prepare , using a vessel, implement, or tool") --
properly, prepare (make ready), skillfully using implements a tooled-design ...
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2602. katabole -- a laying down
... to the most specific detail, "following all the way along," and 906 , "to cast") --
properly, a , cast according to a blueprint (original design); the which ...
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1749. enedron -- lying in wait.
... lying in wait. Neuter of the same as enedra; an ambush, ie (figuratively) murderous
design -- lying in wait. see GREEK enedra. 1748, 1749. enedron. 1750 . ...
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2309. thelo -- to will, wish
... Verb Transliteration: thelo Phonetic Spelling: ( eth-el'-o,) Short Definition: I
will, wish, desire Definition: I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design ...
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1771. ennoia -- thinking, thoughtfulness, ie moral understanding
... ennoia Phonetic Spelling: (en'-noy-ah) Short Definition: thought, intention, purpose
Definition: thinking, consideration; a thought, purpose, design, intention ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6699. tsurah -- form, fashion
... 6698, 6699. tsurah. 6700 . form, fashion. Transliteration: tsurah Phonetic
Spelling: (tsoo-raw') Short Definition: design. Word ...
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4284. machashabah -- thought, device
... Word Origin from chashab Definition thought, device NASB Word Usage design (1),
designs (3), devised (1), intentions* (1), invented (1), inventive (1), plan (2 ...
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6656. tseda -- a purpose
... true. (Aramaic) from an unused root corresponding to tsadah in the sense of intentness;
a (sinister) design -- true. see HEBREW tsadah. 6655, 6656. ...
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4639. maaseh -- a deed, work
... did (1), actions (1), activities (2), activity (3), art (1), business (1), chainwork*
(1), concern (1), conduct (1), deed (4), deeds (17), design (4), did (1 ...
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6660. tsediyyah -- a lying-in-wait
... lying in wait. From tsadah; design (compare tsda') -- lying in wait. see HEBREW
tsadah. see HEBREW tsda'. 6659, 6660. tsediyyah. 6661 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Prologue. --Design of the History.
... The ECCLESIASTICAL HistorY of Theodoret. Book I. Prologue."Design of the
History. When artists paint on panels and on walls the ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/prologue design of the history.htm

Of Design and Execution.
... Book I. 21. (6) of Design and Execution. Again we speak of the arche of an action,
in which there is a design which appears after the beginning. ...
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The Design and Unity of Luke's History
... CHAPTER 2 THE DESIGN AND UNITY OF LUKE'S HISTORY. AS has been stated, a
historian may make a slip in some detail without losing claim ...
/.../ramsay/was christ born in bethlehem/chapter 2 the design and.htm

The Author's Design.
... Chapter III Eusebius' Church History. Section 2. The Author's Design. That
the composition of a history of the Church was Eusebius ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/section 2 the authors design.htm

The Design of Establishing a Common Household with his Friends is ...
... Book VI. Chapter XIV."The Design of Establishing a Common Household with
His Friends is Speedily Hindered. 24. And many of us ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter xiv the design of establishing.htm

Simon's Design.
... Homily III. Chapter II."Simon's Design. "I wish you to know that those
who, according to our arrangement, associate with Simon ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter ii simons design.htm

His Design to Test the Immortality of the Soul.
... Book I. Chapter V."His Design to Test the Immortality of the Soul. What,
then, shall I do? This shall I do. I shall proceed to ...
/.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter v his design to test.htm

Simon's Design in the Transformation.
... Book X. Chapter LVI."Simon's Design in the Transformation. "All we, therefore,
who went before you, considered that in the meantime ...
/.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter lvi simons design in the.htm

Preface, Explaining his Design in Undertaking this Work.
... The City of God.Book I. Preface, Explaining His Design in Undertaking This
Work. The glorious city of God [28] is my theme in this ...
/.../augustine/city of god/preface explaining his design in.htm

Design of the Treatise. Disavowal of Personal Motives in Writing ...
... Book I. Chapter I."Design of the Treatise. Disavowal of Personal Motives
in Writing It. [337] I have thought it meet, my best ...
/.../tertullian/to his wife/chapter i design of the treatise.htm

Thesaurus

Design (84 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) To intend or purpose; -- usually with for before the remote object, but
sometimes with to. 5. (vi) To form a design or designs; to plan. ...
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Intention (10 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A determination to do a certain thing;
purpose; design; as, an intention to go to New York. 2. (n ...
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Purpose (448 Occurrences)
... as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is
directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan. ...
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Scheme (10 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system. ... 5. (vt)
To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot. ...
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Intend (30 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); to be intent upon;
to mean; to design; to plan; to purpose; -- often followed by an infinitely ...
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Attacking (73 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 15:27 And Baasha, the son of Ahijah, of the family of Issachar, made a secret
design against him, attacking him at Gibbethon, a town of the Philistines ...
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Plan (58 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest
of a country. Multi-Version Concordance Plan (58 Occurrences). ...
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Flowers (42 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 7:19 The crowns on the tops of the pillars were ornamented with
a design of flowers, and were four cubits across. (BBE). ...
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Intent (37 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose;
intention; meaning; drift; aim. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Figure (19 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought
out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure. ...
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Resources

What is the Intelligent Design Theory? | GotQuestions.org

How is Intelligent Design any different from belief in a Flying Spaghetti Monster? | GotQuestions.org

What is the best evidence/argument for intelligent design? | GotQuestions.org

Design: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance

Design (84 Occurrences)

Luke 23:51
who came from the Jewish town of Arimathaea and was awaiting the coming of the Kingdom of God. He had not concurred in the design or action of the Council,
(WEY)

Acts 5:4
While it remained unsold, was not the land your own? And when sold, was it not at your own disposal? How is it that you have cherished this design in your heart? It is not to men you have told this lie, but to God."
(WEY)

Acts 7:44
Our fathers had the Tent of witness in the waste land, as God gave orders to Moses to make it after the design which he had seen.
(BBE)

Acts 9:24
But Saul got knowledge of their design. And they kept watch day and night on the roads out of the town, so that they might put him to death:
(BBE)

Acts 17:29
Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.
(WEB BBE NIV)

Acts 20:3
And when he had been there three months, because the Jews had made a secret design against him when he was about to take ship for Syria, he made a decision to go back through Macedonia.
(BBE)

Acts 23:16
But Paul's sister's son had word of their design, and he came into the army building and gave news of it to Paul.
(BBE)

Acts 23:30
And when news was given to me that a secret design was being made against the man, I sent him straight away to you, giving orders to those who are against him to make their statements before you.
(BBE)

Acts 25:3
Requesting Festus to give effect to their design against him, and send him to Jerusalem, when they would be waiting to put him to death on the way.
(BBE)

1 Corinthians 1:26
For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:
(BBE)

Ephesians 1:9
Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands
(BBE)

Ephesians 1:11
In Him we Jews have been made heirs, having been chosen beforehand in accordance with the intention of Him whose might carries out in everything the design of His own will,
(WEY BBE)

Ephesians 2:15
by setting aside the Law with its commandments, expressed, as they were, in definite decrees. His design was to unite the two sections of humanity in Himself so as to form one new man,
(WEY)

Hebrews 8:5
Being servants of that which is a copy and an image of the things in heaven, as Moses, when he was about to make the Tent, had special orders from God: for, See, he said, that you make everything like the design which you saw in the mountain.
(BBE)

Genesis 37:18
But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;
(BBE)

Genesis 48:14
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands by design; for Manasseh was the first-born.
(WBS)

Exodus 25:40
And see that you make them from the design which you saw on the mountain.
(BBE)

Exodus 26:30
And you are to make the House from the design which you saw on the mountain.
(BBE)

Exodus 27:8
The altar is to be hollow, boarded in with wood; make it from the design which you saw on the mountain.
(BBE)

Exodus 35:33
and in graving of stones for settings, and in graving of wood to work in any work of design.
(YLT)

Exodus 39:3
Hammering the gold into thin plates and cutting it into wires to be worked into the blue and the purple and the red and the linen by the designer.
(Root in BBE YLT RSV)

Exodus 39:5
And the beautifully worked band which went on it was of the same design and the same material, worked in gold and blue and purple and red and twisted linen-work, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
(BBE)

Exodus 39:29
And a linen band worked with a design of blue and purple and red, as the Lord had said to Moses.
(BBE)

Numbers 8:4
The support for the lights was of hammered gold work, from its base to its flowers it was of hammered work; from the design which the Lord had given to Moses, he made the support for the lights.
(BBE)

Numbers 35:22
But if a man has given a wound to another suddenly and not in hate, or without design has sent something against him,
(BBE)

Joshua 20:3
So that any man who in error and without design has taken the life of another, may go in flight to them: and they will be safe places for you from him who has the right of punishment for blood.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 29:10
So get up early in the morning, with the servants of your lord who are with you, and go to the place I have given you, and have no evil design in your heart, for you are good in my eyes; but when there is light enough in the morning, go away.
(BBE)

1 Kings 7:8
His house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter (whom Solomon had taken as wife), like this porch.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 7:19
The crowns on the tops of the pillars were ornamented with a design of flowers, and were four cubits across.
(BBE NAS)

1 Kings 7:22
The tops of the pillars had a design of flowers; and the work of making the pillars was complete.
(BBE NAS)

1 Kings 7:28
And the bases were made in this way; their sides were square, fixed in a framework;
(See NAS)

1 Kings 7:31
The mouth of it inside the angle-plate was one cubit across; it was round like a pillar, a cubit and a half across; it had designs cut on it; the sides were square, not round.
(Root in BBE NAS)

1 Kings 7:37
All the ten bases were made in this way, after the same design, of the same size and form.
(BBE)

1 Kings 15:27
And Baasha, the son of Ahijah, of the family of Issachar, made a secret design against him, attacking him at Gibbethon, a town of the Philistines; for Nadab and the armies of Israel were making war on Gibbethon.
(BBE)

1 Kings 16:16
And news came to the people in the tents that Zimri had made a secret design and had put the king to death: so all Israel made Omri, the captain of the army, king that day in the tents.
(BBE)

1 Kings 16:20
Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the secret design he made, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
(BBE)

2 Kings 12:20
And his servants made a secret design and put Joash to death at the house of Millo on the way down to Silla.
(BBE)

2 Kings 14:19
Now they made a secret design against him in Jerusalem; and he went in flight to Lachish, but they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there.
(BBE)

2 Kings 15:10
And Shallum, the son of Jabesh, made a secret design against him, and, attacking him in Ibleam, put him to death and became king in his place.
(BBE)

2 Kings 15:15
Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and the secret design which he made, are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.
(BBE)

2 Kings 15:25
And Pekah, the son of Remaliah, his captain, made a secret design against him, attacking him in the king's great house in Samaria; and with him were fifty men of Gilead; and he put him to death and became king in his place.
(BBE)

2 Kings 15:30
And Hoshea, the son of Elah, made a secret design against Pekah, the son of Remaliah, and, attacking him, put him to death and became king in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham, the son of Uzziah.
(BBE)

2 Kings 16:10
Then King Ahaz went to Damascus for a meeting with Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria; and there he saw the altar which was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest a copy of the altar, giving the design of it and all the details of its structure.
(BBE)

2 Kings 18:20
You say you have a design, and strength for war, but these are only words. Now to whom are you looking for support, that you have gone against my authority?
(BBE)

2 Kings 19:25
Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.
(BBE)

2 Kings 21:23
And the servants of Amon made a secret design against him, and put the king to death in his house.
(BBE)

2 Kings 21:24
But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against the king, and made Josiah his son king in his place.
(BBE)

1 Chronicles 28:11
Then David gave to his son Solomon the design of the doorway of the house of God and of its houses and its store-houses, and the higher rooms and the inner rooms and the place for the mercy-seat;
(BBE)

1 Chronicles 28:12
And the design of all he had in his heart for the outer squares of the house of the Lord, and for the rooms all round it, and for the store-houses of the house of the Lord, and for the store-houses for the holy things;
(BBE)

1 Chronicles 28:18
And the best gold for the altar of perfumes; and gold for the design of the carriage, for the winged ones whose wings were outstretched covering the ark of the Lord's agreement.
(BBE)

1 Chronicles 28:19
All this, said David, the design for all these things, has been made dear to me in writing by the hand of the Lord.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 2:14
The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, whose father was a man of Tyre, an expert worker in gold and silver and brass and iron, in stone and wood, in purple and blue and fair linen and red, trained in the cutting of every sort of ornament and the invention of every sort of design; let him be given a place among your expert workmen and those of my lord, your father David.
(BBE NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 4:3
And under it was a design of flowers all round it, ten to a cubit, circling the water-vessel in two lines; they were made from liquid metal at the same time as the water-vessel.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 24:13
So the workmen worked, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands, and they set up the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 24:21
But when they had made a secret design against him, he was stoned with stones, by the king's order, in the outer square of the Lord's house.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 24:25
And when they had gone away from him, (for he was broken with disease,) his servants made a secret design against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they put him to death on his bed; and they put his body into the earth in the town of David, but not in the resting-place of the kings.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 33:24
And his servants made a secret design against him, and put him to death in his house.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 33:25
But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against King Amon, and made his son Josiah king in his place.
(BBE)

Esther 8:3
Then Esther again came before the king, falling down at his feet, and made request to him with weeping, that he would put a stop to the evil purposes of Haman the Agagite and the designs which he had made against the Jews.
(Root in BBE RSV)

Esther 9:25
But when the business was put before the king, he gave orders by letters that the evil design which he had made against the Jews was to be turned against himself; and that he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging.
(BBE)

Job 10:3
What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?
(BBE RSV)

Job 18:7
The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.
(BBE)

Psalms 21:11
For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.
(BBE)

Psalms 64:6
Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.
(BBE)

Psalms 119:86
All your teachings are certain; they go after me with evil design; give me your help.
(BBE)

Proverbs 8:14
Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.
(BBE)

Ecclesiastes 8:3
Be not quick to go from before him. Be not fixed in an evil design, because he does whatever is pleasing to him.
(BBE)

Isaiah 5:19
Who say, Let him do his work quickly, let him make it sudden, so that we may see it: let the design of the Holy One of Israel come near, so that it may be clear to us.
(BBE)

Isaiah 7:7
This is the word of the Lord God: This design will not come about or be effected.
(BBE)

Isaiah 10:7
But this is not what is in his mind, and this is not his design; but his purpose is destruction, and the cutting off of more and more nations.
(BBE)

Isaiah 14:24
The Lord has taken an oath, saying, My design will certainly come about, and my purpose will be effected:
(BBE)

Isaiah 36:5
You say you have a design and strength for war, but these are only words: now to whom are you looking for support, that you have gone against my authority?
(BBE)

Isaiah 37:26
Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 10:12
He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 11:9
And the Lord said to me, There is an evil design at work among the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 18:18
Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 51:11
Make bright the arrows; take up the body-covers: the Lord has been moving the spirit of the king of the Medes; because his design against Babylon is its destruction: for it is the punishment from the Lord, the payment for his Temple.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 51:15
He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out:
(BBE)

Ezekiel 1:16
The form of the wheels and their work was like a beryl; the four of them had the same form and design, and they were like a wheel inside a wheel.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 38:10
This is what the Lord has said: In that day it will come about that things will come into your mind, and you will have thoughts of an evil design:
(BBE)

Ezekiel 42:11
And there was a walk in front of them like that by the rooms on the north; they were equally long and wide; and the ways out of them were the same in design and had the same sort of doors.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 43:11
If they be ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the form of the house, and its fashion, and its exits, and its entrances, and all its forms, and all its ordinances, and all its forms, and all its laws; and write it in their sight; that they may keep the whole form of it, and all its ordinances, and do them.
(See NAS NIV)

Hosea 6:9
And like a band of thieves waiting for a man, so are the priests watching secretly the way of those going quickly to Shechem, for they are working with an evil design.
(BBE)

Zechariah 6:13
And he will be the builder of the Temple of the Lord; and the glory will be his, and he will take his place as ruler on the seat of power; and Joshua will be a priest at his right hand, and between them there will be a design of peace.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Design

Design in Nature, Evidence of

Related Terms

Intention (10 Occurrences)

Purpose (448 Occurrences)

Scheme (10 Occurrences)

Intend (30 Occurrences)

Attacking (73 Occurrences)

Plan (58 Occurrences)

Flowers (42 Occurrences)

Intent (37 Occurrences)