Coherent or decorative arrangement.
On my way to work the other day, I stopped at a church in Rome and saw a painting of the Madonna. The subtle pattern of blues and golds in the embroidery of her dress was so amazing that I used it to design a new evening dress for my haute couture.
A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother; to stir up trouble
This guy always chut pattern like badminton.
To apply a pattern.
To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
[A temple] patterned […] from that which Adam reared in Paradise.
Of or in accordance with a usual pattern, or type; model; ideal.
"Not to me," interrupted his sister. "I will have no straw-bonneted, gingham-gowned pattern wives in my acquaintance. I shall make a point of cutting you."
From earlier patten, paterne, from Middle English patron (“patron; example”), from Old French patron, from Medieval Latin patrōnus (“patron”). Doublet of padrone, patron, Patronus, and patroon.
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To follow an example.
Under his system, patterned after the French, the army corps became a more mobile, flexible command.