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   Plan , n. [F., fr. L. planus flat, level. See Plain, a.]
   A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram.
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   A scheme devised; a method of action or procedure expressed or described in language; a project; as, the plan of a constitution; the plan of an expedition.
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   God's plans like lines pure and white unfold.
   M. R. Smith.
   
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   A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
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   The simple plan,
   That they should take who have the power,
   And they should keep who can.
   Wordsworth.
   
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   Body plan, Floor plan, etc. See under Body, Floor, etc.
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   Syn. -- Scheme; draught; delineation; plot; sketch; project; design; contrivance; device. See Scheme.
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   Plan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Planned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Planning.]
   To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram.
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   To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country.
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   Even in penance, planning sins anew.
   Goldsmith.
   
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