Plan /(?)/

1. 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.
2. 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.

   God's plans like lines pure and white unfold.

3. A method; a way of procedure; a custom.

   The simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can.

imp. & p. p. Planned; p. pr. & vb. n. Planning

1. To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram.
2. To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country.

   Even in penance, planning sins anew.