frame (v.) Copy link Outline I. To shape, constructII. To draw up a form of words1. concĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 32. compōno, 3 (of a number of laws or other forms)III. To put a frame to a picture • frame (v.): I. To shape, construct: fabrĭcor, formo, etc.; v. to fashion, form. II. To draw up a form of words: 1. concĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: to f. an edict, edictum c., Ulp. Dig. 13, 6, 1: Cic. has verbis concipere, Off. 3, 29, 108. 2. compōno, 3 (of a number of laws or other forms): v. to draw up (II.). III. To put a frame to a picture: (picturam) in forma includere, Plin. 35, 14, 49.