(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.
