n. [ L. compositura, -postura, a joining. ] Manure; compost. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Imposture. ] Exposure. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Imposture; cheating. [ R. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. impostura: cf. F. imposture. See Impone. ] The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating. [ 1913 Webster ]
From new legends
And fill the world with follies and impostures. Johnson.
a. Done by imposture. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Impostrous; deceitful. [ 1913 Webster ]
Strictness fales and impostrous. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Imposture. [ Obs. ] Fuller.
a. Of or pertaining to posture. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., fr. L. positura, fr. ponere, positum, to place. See Position. ]
Atalanta, the posture of whose limbs was so lively expressed . . . one would have sworn the very picture had run. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
In most strange postures
We have seen him set himself. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The posture of a poetic figure is a description of his heroes in the performance of such or such an action. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
His [ man's ] noblest posture and station in this world. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]
The several postures of his devout soul. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
v. i.
n. One who postures. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Imposture practiced on one's self; self-deceit. South. [ 1913 Webster ]