Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FRAME, v.t. [Sax. fremman, to frame, to effect or perform; Arm. framma, to join; D. raam, a frame, G. rahm, a frame and cream; Dan. rame; Sw. ram; Russ. rama. Qu. Class Rm, No. 6. In Russ. rama is a frame, and ramo, the shoulder, L. armus, Eng. arm.]

1. To fit or prepare and unite several parts in a regular structure or entire thing; to fabricate by orderly construction and union of various parts; as, to frame a house or other building.
2. To fit one thing to another; to adjust; to make suitable. Abbot.
3. To make; to compose; as, to frame a law. For thou art framed of the firm truth of valor. Shak.
4. To regulate; to adjust; to shape; to conform; as, to frame our lives according to the rules of the Gospel.
5. To form and digest by thought; as, to frame ideas in the mind. How many excellent reasonings are framed in the mind of a man of wisdom and study in a length of years! Watts.
6. To contrive; to plan; to devise; as, to frame a project or design.
7. To invent; to fabricate; in a bad sense; as, to frame a story or lie.