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Difference Between Design and Style

Design

A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process, or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product or process. The verb to design expresses the process of developing a design.
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Style

a particular procedure by which something is done; a manner or way
different styles of management
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Design

a plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is made
he has just unveiled his design for the new museum
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Style

a distinctive appearance, typically determined by the principles according to which something is designed
the pillars are no exception to the general style
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Design

a decorative pattern
pottery with a lovely blue and white design
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Style

fashionable elegance and sophistication
the world-famous hotel attracts guests because of its style and taste
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Design

purpose or planning that exists behind an action, fact, or object
the appearance of design in the universe
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Style

(in a flower) a narrow, typically elongated extension of the ovary, bearing the stigma.
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Design

decide upon the look and functioning of (a building, garment, or other object), by making a detailed drawing of it
a number of architectural students were designing a factory
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Style

(in an invertebrate) a small, slender pointed appendage; a stylet.
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Design

To conceive or fashion in the mind; invent
design a good excuse for not attending the conference.
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Style

archaic term for stylus (sense 2)
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Design

To formulate a plan for; devise
designed a marketing strategy for the new product.
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Style

design or make in a particular form
the yacht is well proportioned and conservatively styled
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Design

To make a graphic or schematic representation of (something), especially as a plan for its structure
design a building on a computer.
design a new car model.
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Style

designate with a particular name, description, or title
the official is styled principal and vice chancellor of the university
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Design

To create or contrive for a particular purpose or effect
a game designed to appeal to all ages.
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Style

The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed
a style of teaching.
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Design

To have as a goal or purpose; intend
"Mrs. Bennet had designed to keep the two Netherfield gentlemen to supper.
but ... she had no opportunity of detaining them" (Jane Austen).
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Style

The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era.
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Design

To make or execute plans.
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Style

Sort; type
a style of furniture.
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Design

To create designs.
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Style

A quality of imagination and individuality expressed in one's actions and tastes
does things with style.
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Design

A drawing or sketch.
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Style

A comfortable and elegant mode of existence
living in style.
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Design

A graphic representation, especially a detailed plan for construction or manufacture.
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Style

A mode of living
the style of the very rich.
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Design

An ornamental pattern.
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Style

The fashion of the moment, especially of dress; vogue
clothes that are in style.
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Design

The purposeful or inventive arrangement of parts or details
the aerodynamic design of an automobile.
the design of an epic poem.
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Style

A particular fashion
the style of the 1920s.
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Design

A particular plan or method
the party's design for increasing voter turnout.
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Style

A customary manner of presenting printed material, including usage, punctuation, spelling, typography, and arrangement
a manual of style.
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Design

The art or practice of designing or making designs
studied design in college.
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Style

A name or title
businesses under the style of Wilson and Webber.
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Design

A reasoned purpose; an intent
It was her design to set up practice on her own as soon as she was qualified.
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Style

An implement used for etching or engraving.
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Design

Deliberate intention
He became a photographer more by accident than by design.
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Style

A slender pointed writing instrument used by the ancients on wax tablets.
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Design

often designs A secretive or underhanded plot or scheme
He has designs on my job.
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Style

The needle of a phonograph.
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Design

A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.
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Style

The gnomon of a sundial.
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Design

A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
The initial design of the park was rejected for being too expensive.
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Style

(Botany) The usually slender part of a pistil, connecting the ovary and the stigma.
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Design

A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
We're working on some new designs for our range of summer shirts
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Style

(Zoology) A slender, tubular, or bristlelike process
a cartilaginous style.
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Design

The composition of a work of art.
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Style

(Medicine) A surgical probing instrument; a stylet.
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Design

Intention or plot.
We have designs on winning the league next season.
To be hateful of the truth by design.
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Style

(Obsolete) A pen.
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Design

(particularly) Malicious or malevolent intention.
To have evil designs.
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Style

To design or fashion in a certain way
styled the new model after the classic sports cars.
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Design

The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
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Style

To arrange (hair) in a certain way, as by cutting, coloring, or curling.
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Design

The art of designing
Danish furniture design is world-famous.
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Style

To call or name; designate
George VI styled his brother Duke of Windsor.
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Design

(transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).
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Style

To make consistent with rules of style
style a manuscript.
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Design

To plan (to do something).
The king designed to mount an expedition to the New World.
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Style

Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
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Design

To assign, appoint (something to someone); to designate.
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Style

(historical) A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; an instrument used to write with ink; a pen.
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Design

To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.
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Style

A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus.
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Design

To manifest requirements to be satisfied by an object or process for them to solve a problem.
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Style

The gnomon or pin of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.
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Design

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.
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Style

(botany) The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.
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Design

To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.
We shall seeJustice design the victor's chivalry.
Meet me to-morrow where the masterAnd this fraternity shall design.
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Style

(surgery) A kind of surgical instrument with a blunt point, used for exploration.
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Design

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.
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Style

(zoology) A small, thin, pointed body part.
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Design

To intend or purpose; - usually with for before the remote object, but sometimes with to.
Ask of politicians the end for which laws were originally designed.
He was designed to the study of the law.
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Style

(by extension from sense 1.1) A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.
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Design

To form a design or designs; to plan.
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Style

A legal or traditional term or formula of words used to address or refer to a person, especially a monarch or a person holding a post or having a title.
Monarchs are often addressed with the style of Majesty.
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Design

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.
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Style

A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.
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Design

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.
The vast design and purpos of the King.
The leaders of that assembly who withstood the designs of a besotted woman.
A . . . settled design upon another man's life.
How little he could guess the secret designs of the court!
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Style

A particular manner of acting or behaving; (specifically) one regarded as fashionable or skilful; flair, grace.
As a dancer, he has a lot of style.
Backstabbing people is not my style.
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Design

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

A particular way in which one grooms, adorns, dresses, or carries oneself; (specifically) a way thought to be attractive or fashionable.
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Design

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.
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Style

(computing) A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as boldface or italics.
applying styles to text in a wordprocessor
Cascading Style Sheets
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Design

The invention and conduct of the subject; the disposition of every part, and the general order of the whole.
Is he a prudent man . . . that lays designs only for a day, without any prospect to the remaining part of his life?
I wish others the same intention, and greater successes.
It is the purpose that makes strong the vow.
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Style

A set of rules regarding the presentation of text (spelling, typography, the citation of references, etc.) and illustrations that is applied by a publisher to the works it produces.
the house style of the journal
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Design

the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan);
he contributed to the design of a new instrument
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Style

(transitive) To design, fashion, make, or arrange in a certain way or form (style)
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Design

an arrangement scheme;
the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult
it was an excellent design for living
a plan for seating guests
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Style

To call or give a name or title to.
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Design

something intended as a guide for making something else;
a blueprint for a house
a pattern for a skirt
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Style

To create for, or give to, someone a style, fashion, or image, particularly one which is regarded as attractive, tasteful, or trendy.
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Design

a decorative or artistic work;
the coach had a design on the doors
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Style

To act in a way which seeks to show that one possesses style.
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Design

an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions;
his intent was to provide a new translation
good intentions are not enough
it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs
he made no secret of his designs
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Style

An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded, for the purpose of making erasures by smoothing the wax.
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Design

a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something;
the design of a building
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Style

Hence, anything resembling the ancient style in shape or use.
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Design

the creation of something in the mind
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Style

A pen; an author's pen.
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Design

make or work out a plan for; devise;
They contrived to murder their boss
design a new sales strategy
plan an attack
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Style

Mode of expressing thought in language, whether oral or written; especially, such use of language in the expression of thought as exhibits the spirit and faculty of an artist; choice or arrangement of words in discourse; rhetorical expression.
High style, as when that men to kinges write.
Style is the dress of thoughts.
Proper words in proper places make the true definition of style.
It is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work.
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Design

design something for a specific role or purpose or effect;
This room is not designed for work
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Style

A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver.
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Design

create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner;
Chanel designed the famous suit
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Style

Mode of presentation, especially in music or any of the fine arts; a characteristic of peculiar mode of developing in idea or accomplishing a result.
The ornamental style also possesses its own peculiar merit.
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Design

make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form;
design a better mousetrap
plan the new wing of the museum
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Style

A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument.
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Design

create designs;
Dupont designs for the house of Chanel
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Style

Conformity to a recognized standard; manner which is deemed elegant and appropriate, especially in social demeanor; fashion.
According to the usual style of dedications.
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Design

conceive or fashion in the mind; invent;
She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day
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Style

A long, slender, bristlelike process, as the anal styles of insects.
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Design

intend or have as a purpose;
She designed to go far in the world of business
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Style

Mode or phrase by which anything is formally designated; the title; the official designation of any important body; mode of address; as, the style of Majesty.
One style to a gracious benefactor, another to a proud, insulting foe.
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Style

The pin, or gnomon, of a dial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. See Gnomon.
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Style

A mode of reckoning time, with regard to the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
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Style

The elongated part of a pistil between the ovary and the stigma. See Illust. of Stamen, and of Pistil.
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Style

To entitle; to term, name, or call; to denominate.
How well his worth and brave adventures styled.
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Style

a particular kind (as to appearance);
this style of shoe is in demand
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Style

how something is done or how it happens;
her dignified manner
his rapid manner of talking
their nomadic mode of existence
in the characteristic New York style
a lonely way of life
in an abrasive fashion
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Style

a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period;
all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper
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Style

distinctive and stylish elegance;
he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer
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Style

the popular taste at a given time;
leather is the latest vogue
he followed current trends
the 1920s had a style of their own
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Style

(botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
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Style

editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
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Style

a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving;
he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus
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Style

a slender bristlelike or tubular process;
a cartilaginous style
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Style

designate by an identifying term;
They styled their nation `The Confederate States'
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Style

make consistent with a certain fashion or style;
Style my hair
style the dress
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Style

make consistent with certain rules of style;
style a manuscript
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