enframe

[ en-freym ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to provide with a frame or border:
The workmen enframed the window with mahogany.
to enclose:
Three small bedrooms enframe the central area.
to fix or shape:
Our surroundings give us a set of relationships that enframe our thoughts.

Origin of enframe¹

First recorded in 1840–45; en- ¹( def ) frame ( def ) (verb)

Between these aspects98 of nature and the works of man which they enframe, there is a striking general sympathy.

The paving stones are usually finished quite neatly and smoothly where their edges enframe the firepit.

Many of these terms are defined in such a way that they enframe that which they discuss.

Male and female figures, representing rivers, lying on a bed of roses, enframe the arched pediment which surmounts the grotto.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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