frame

Definition

To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.

Etymology

From Middle English framen, fremen, fremmen (“to construct, build, strengthen, refresh, perform, execute, profit, avail”), from Old English framian, fremian, fremman (“to profit, avail, advance”), from Proto-West Germanic *frammjan, from Proto-Germanic *framjaną (“to further, promote, perform”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forward”). Cognate with Low German framen (“to commit, effect”), Danish fremme (“to promote, further, perform”), Swedish främja (“to promote, encourage, foster”), Icelandic fremja (“to commit”). More at from.

Example Sentences

• "I will hereafter frame myself to be coy."
• "frame my face to all occasions"
• "We may in some measure frame our minds for the reception of happiness."