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Webster's English Dictionary

posture

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. ()

Atalanta, the posture of whose limbs was so lively expressed . . . one would have sworn the very picture had run. (Sir P. Sidney.)

In most strange postures We have seen him set himself. (Shak.)

The posture of a poetic figure is a description of his heroes in the performance of such or such an action. (Dryden.)

2. Place; position; situation. (Milton.)

His [man's] noblest posture and station in this world. (Sir M. Hale.)

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. ()

The several postures of his devout soul. (Atterbury.)

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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. (Howell.)

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. ()

2. Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint. ()