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posture

• (n.) 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.
• (n.) Place
• position
• situation.
• (n.) State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will
• disposition
• mood
• as, a posture of defense
• the posture of affairs.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. i.) To assume a particular posture or attitude
• to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist
• also, to pose.
• (v. i.) Fig.: To assume a character
• as, to posture as a saint.

 

postured

• (imp. &
• p. p.) of Posture

 

posturer

• (n.) One who postures.

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