Definition of design:

part of speech: noun

A project; a scheme; purpose; intention; a plan or representation of a thing by an outline; an idea or plan in the mind meant to be expressed in a visible form; figures or drawings for cloth, & c.; the plan of a building in all its parts.

part of speech: verb

To project; to form in the mind; to intend; to purpose; to form or plan by drawing the outline; to plan; to invent.