POSTURE
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Pos"ture (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. positura, fr. ponere, positum, to place. See Position.] 1. The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; especially (Fine Arts), the position of a figure with regard to the several principal members by which action is expressed; attitude.
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Atalanta, the posture of whose limbs was so lively expressed . . . one would have sworn the very picture had run.
Sir P. Sidney.
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In most strange postures
We have seen him set himself.
Shak.
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The posture of a poetic figure is a description of his heroes in the performance of such or such an action.
Dryden.
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2. Place; position; situation. [Obs.] Milton.
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His [man's] noblest posture and station in this world.
Sir M. Hale.
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3. State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of defense; the posture of affairs.
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The several postures of his devout soul.
Atterbury.
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Syn. -- Attitude; position. See Attitude.
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Pos"ture (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Posturing.] To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose the parts of, with reference to a particular purpose; as, to posture one's self; to posture a model. Howell.
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Pos"ture, v. i. 1. To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose.
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2. Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.
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