reframe

See also: re-frame

English

Alternative forms

• re-frame

Etymology

re- +‎ frame.

Verb

reframe (third-person singular simple present reframes, present participle reframing, simple past and past participle reframed)

1. (transitive) To frame again.

   The woman in the shop was reframing a painting.

2. (transitive) To redescribe, from a different perspective; to relabel.

   The military reframed tedium as duty.

Noun

reframe (plural reframes)

1. An instance of reframing.
   • 2014, Arthur J. Clark, Empathy in Counseling and Psychotherapy:

     A counselor's reframe of the term “protecting” to “enabling” suggests a different function with respect to the individual's behavior.