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1592 Countess of Pembroke tr. R. Garnier Antonius i, in tr. P. de Mornay Disc. Life & Death sig. F3^v So long thy loue with such things nourished Reframes, reformes it selfe [Fr. se refait, se reforme].

1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iii. x. 256 It [sc. a silver sphere] was..vnframed & reframed in the Grand Signiours presence by the maker.

a1711 T. Ken Christophil in Wks. (1721) I. 498 My Jesus, who dost Souls reframe, To a true God-like Height.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. 33 I shall be content with it [sc. a box]..without regarding whether he had made it up of the same materials with the former reframed or of fresh stuff.

1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 354 All things reframed themselves before mine eyes.

1884 Law Times 76 294/1 The promoters..would be more likely to meet with general support..if they would reframe their Bills.

1914 Burlington Mag. Nov. 83/1 The picture was reframed in the 15th century when some cherubs were added between the pediments.

1963 J. Rowland North to Adventure i. 27 He had reframed her [sc. a sloop] by the simple expedient of adding new frames beside the old.

1996 City Paper (Baltimore) 1 May 15/1 A critical element of mediation is to reframe points of contention so that they at least sound neutral—and, whenever possible, positive.

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres vi. 183 The ready reframing of them [sc. maniples] againe into their grand square.

1876 W. M. Taylor Ministry of Word xi. 278 At the time of his visit the picture was undergoing the process of re-framing.

1976 J. Berry Bluefoot Traveller (1977) 29 Freedom is not a reframing of oneself in the walls of the old prison.

2000 J. Caughie Television Drama vi. 172 The camera movements are full of little reframings.