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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Frame \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}.]
     1. (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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     2. 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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     3. 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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     4. To cause; to bring about; to produce. [Obs.]
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              Fear frames disorder, and disorder wounds. --Shak.
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     5. To support. [Obs. & R.]
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              That on a staff his feeble steps did frame.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     6. To provide with a frame, as a picture.
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     7. 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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  framed \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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  framed
       adj : provided with a frame; "there were framed snapshots of
             family and friends on her desk" [ant: {unframed}]

















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