Literary notes about designed (AI summary)
Across these texts, “designed” consistently conveys intentionality and planning, whether with regard to physical structures or human endeavors. For instance, Vitruvius Pollio details a stadium “so designed that great numbers of people may have plenty of room” [1], emphasizing thoughtful architectural arrangement. Henry Fielding uses the word to suggest social maneuvering, noting that the company “all designed to stay out each other” [2]. Meanwhile, William H. Ukers focuses on the deliberate engineering of coffee-roasting equipment “designed to insure uniformity of roasts” [3]. In each case, “designed” signals a purposeful act, be it in architecture, personal intention, or the creation of specialized technology.
- Behind the "xystus" a stadium, so designed that great numbers of people may have plenty of room to look on at the contests between the athletes.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio - The company had now staid so long, that Mrs Fitzpatrick plainly perceived they all designed to stay out each other.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding - The more advanced types are almost automatic in operation, and are designed to insure uniformity of roasts.
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
