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beframe

beframe verb: to frame about; construct; perform.

Verb

beframe (third-person singular simple present beframes, present participle beframing, simple past and past participle beframed)

  1. (transitive) To frame about; construct; perform.
    • What bearing hath be shown of late toward thee By which thou might'st beframe some estimate Of his mind's placid flow or turbulent?1916, James Whitcomb Riley, The complete works of James Whitcomb Riley

Forms of beframe

third-person singular presentbeframes
present participlebeframing
past participlebeframed
pastbeframed

Origin of beframe

From be- + frame.

Questions about beframe

What does beframe mean?
Beframe means to frame about; construct; perform.
What part of speech is beframe?
Beframe is a verb.
What is the past tense of beframe?
The past tense of beframe is beframed.

Words near beframe in the dictionary

  1. befoulment
  2. befoulments
  3. befouls
  4. befound
  5. befountained
  6. beframe
  7. befraud
  8. befrauded
  9. befrauding
  10. befrauds
  11. befraught

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