outframe en · VERB
Etymology
From out- + frame.
Meanings
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(transitive) To frame better than another; exceed or surpass in framing.
For example, George Lakoff, a left-wing linguist at the University of California at Berkeley, thinks Democrats have lost many of the modern political battles because they are “outframed” by Republicans, who get their preferred [...]
2011, Robert Lane Greene, You Are What You Speak:The framers of the Constitution were being outframed by the president, and the Democrats in Congress felt helpless to stop it.
2009, George Lakoff, The Political Mind:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outframed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outframed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| outframes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| outframing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |