to put something within a frame or border; to enclose or surround something as if putting it in a picture frame.
From prefix en- (to put into) + frame (from Old Norse framr, meaning forward or bold). The combination emerged in Middle English to describe the physical act of framing objects or concepts.
This word reveals how physical actions (framing a picture) became metaphorical tools for thinking—we 'enframe' problems to understand them better, and philosophers like Heidegger used it to describe how technology shapes our entire worldview.
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