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   Frame , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Framed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Framing.] [OE. framen, fremen, to execute, build, AS. fremman to further, perform, effect, fr. fram strong, valiant; akin to E. foremost, and prob. to AS. fram from, Icel. fremja, frama, to further, framr forward, G. fromm worthy, excellent, pious. See Foremost, From, and cf. Furnish.]
   (Arch. & Engin.) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice.
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   To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something false.
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   How many excellent reasonings are framed in the mind of a man of wisdom and study in a length of years.
   I. Watts.
   
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   To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform.
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   And frame my face to all occasions.
   Shak.
   
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   We may in some measure frame our minds for the reception of happiness.
   Landor.
   
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   The human mind is framed to be influenced.
   I. Taylor.
   
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   To cause; to bring about; to produce. [Obs.]
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   Fear frames disorder, and disorder wounds.
   Shak.
   
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   To support. [Obs. & R.]
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   That on a staff his feeble steps did frame.
   Spenser.
   
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   To provide with a frame, as a picture.
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   to manufacture false evidence against (an innocent person), so as to make the person appear guilty of a crime. The act of framing a person is often referred to as a frame-up.
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   framed adj. provided with a frame; as, there were framed snapshots of family and friends on her desk. Opposite of unframed.
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