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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Scheme

is something entertained. Scheme is a Greek word meaning what is had or held (scheo) and entertain is the Latin tenco, to have or hold, also.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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