framing

verbbuild
verbcompose, plan

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verb build

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Word Origin & History

Old English framian "to profit, be helpful, avail, benefit," from fram "active, vigorous, bold," originally "going forward," from fram "forward; from" (see from).

Influenced by related Old English fremman "help forward, promote, further, do, perform, accomplish," and by Old Norse fremja "to further, execute." Sense focused in Middle English from "make ready" (mid-13c.) to "prepare timber for building" (late 14c.). Meaning "compose, devise" is first attested 1540s.

The criminal slang sense of "blame an innocent person" (1920s) is probably from earlier sense of "plot in secret" (1900), perhaps ultimately from meaning "fabricate a story with evil intent," first attested 1510s. Related: Framed; framing.

Example Sentences for framing

The sentences were not of his framing; the ideas were utterly foreign to him.

I think that our only safety will be in first framing certain models for composers.

It is suitable for framing or may be hung on the wall with ribbon.

Two officers were charged with the framing of these together.

In this Diet, the framing of a commercial code was proposed.

He was framing a plea for freedom and his manner must fit the occasion.

He gave the impression of framing up in advance in his mind what he would say.

What, then, does Paul mean by framing such a petition as this?

This plant cost for framing and erection $300 and for machinery delivered $706.

Selection and framing are related to efficiency expectations.

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