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Composture
Composture Com*pos"ture (?; 135), n. [L. compositura,
-postura, a joining.]
Manure; compost. [Obs.] --Shak.
Depasture
Depasture De*pas"ture (?; 135), v. t. & i.
To pasture; to feed; to graze; also, to use for pasture. [R.]
Cattle, to graze and departure in his grounds.
--Blackstone.
A right to cut wood upon or departure land. --Washburn.
Digesture
Digesture Di*ges"ture (?; 135), n.
Digestion. [Obs.] --Harvey.
Distasture
Distasture Dis*tas"ture (?; 135), n.
Something which excites distaste or disgust. [Obs.] --Speed.
Divesture
Divesture Di*ves"ture (?; 135), n.
Divestiture. [Obs.]
EstureEsture Es"ture (?; 135), n. [See Estuate.]
Commotion. [Obs.] --Chapman. Exhausture
Exhausture Ex*haus"ture, n.
Exhaustion. --Wraxall.
ExpostureExposture Ex*pos"ture (?;135), n. [Cf. Imposture.]
Exposure. [Obs.] --Shak. GestureGesture Ges"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gestured; p. pr. & vb.
n. Gesturing.]
To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action; to
gesticulate.
It is not orderly read, nor gestured as beseemeth.
--Hooker. Gesture
Gesture Ges"ture, v. i.
To make gestures; to gesticulate.
The players . . . gestured not undecently withal.
--Holland.
GestureGesture Ges"ture, n. [LL. gestura mode of action, fr. L.
gerere, gestum, to bear, behave, perform, act. See Gest a
deed.]
1. Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or
limbs; posture. [Obs.]
Accubation, or lying down at meals, was a gesture
used by many nations. --Sir T.
Browne.
2. A motion of the body or limbs expressive of sentiment or
passion; any action or posture intended to express an idea
or a passion, or to enforce or emphasize an argument,
assertion, or opinion.
Humble and reverent gestures. --Hooker.
Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, In
every gesture dignity and love. --Milton. GesturedGesture Ges"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gestured; p. pr. & vb.
n. Gesturing.]
To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action; to
gesticulate.
It is not orderly read, nor gestured as beseemeth.
--Hooker. Gestureless
Gestureless Ges"ture*less, a.
Free from gestures.
Gesturement
Gesturement Ges"ture*ment, n.
Act of making gestures; gesturing. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
ImbostureImbosture Im*bos"ture, n. [See Emboss.]
Embossed or raised work. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. Impasture
Impasture Im*pas"ture, v. t.
To place in a pasture; to foster. [R.] --T. Adams.
ImpostureImposture Im*pos"ture, 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.
From new legends And fill the world with follies and
impostures. --Johnson.
Syn: Cheat; fraud; trick; imposition; delusion. Impostured
Impostured Im*pos"tured, a.
Done by imposture. [Obs.]
Insisture
Insisture In*sis"ture (?; 135), n.
A dwelling or standing on something; fixedness; persistence.
[Obs.] --Shak.
Investure
Investure In*ves"ture (?; 135), n.
Investiture; investment. [Obs.] --Bp. Burnet.
Investure
Investure In*ves"ture, v. t.
To clothe; to invest; to install. [Obs.] ``Monks . . .
investured in their copes.' --Fuller.
Moistureless
Moistureless Mois"ture*less, a.
Without moisture.
Overmoisture
Overmoisture O"ver*mois"ture, n.
Excess of moisture.
PasturePasture Pas"ture, n. [OF. pasture, F. p[^a]ture, L. pastura,
fr. pascere, pastum, to pasture, to feed. See Pastor.]
1. Food; nourishment. [Obs.]
Toads and frogs his pasture poisonous. --Spenser.
2. Specifically: Grass growing for the food of cattle; the
food of cattle taken by grazing.
3. Grass land for cattle, horses, etc.; pasturage.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. --Ps.
xxiii. 2.
So graze as you find pasture. --Shak. PasturePasture Pas"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pastured; p. pr. & vb.
n. Pasturing.]
To feed, esp. to feed on growing grass; to supply grass as
food for; as, the farmer pastures fifty oxen; the land will
pasture forty cows. Pasture
Pasture Pas"ture, v. i.
To feed on growing grass; to graze.
PasturedPasture Pas"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pastured; p. pr. & vb.
n. Pasturing.]
To feed, esp. to feed on growing grass; to supply grass as
food for; as, the farmer pastures fifty oxen; the land will
pasture forty cows. Pastureless
Pastureless Pas"ture*less, a.
Destitute of pasture. --Milton.
PasturerPasturer Pas"tur*er, n.
One who pastures; one who takes cattle to graze. See
Agister. Posture
Posture 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.
2. Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.
Meaning of Sture from wikipedia
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Sture (Swedish: [
ˈstʉ̌ːrɛ]) was a name
borne by
three distinct but
interrelated noble families in
Sweden in the Late
Middle Ages and
Early Modern Period...
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murders of five
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Sture may
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Sture the
Elder (1440–1503),
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regent of
Sweden 1470–1497 and 1501–1503. Sten
Sture the
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Sture Ragnar Bergwall (born 26
April 1950), also
known as
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Swedish man
previously believed to have been a
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Sture Bolin 1953m.
Sture Bolin 1953n.
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Sture the
Elder (Swedish: Sten
Sture den äldre; 1440 – 14
December 1503) was a
Swedish statesman and
regent of
Sweden from 1470–1497 and 1501–1503...
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Sture the
Younger (Swedish: Sten
Sture den yngre) (1493 – 3
February 1520), was a
Swedish nobleman who
served as the
regent of Sweden,
during the...
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Sture Allén (31
December 1928 – 20 June 2022) was a
Swedish professor of com****tional
linguistics at the
University of Gothenburg, who was the permanent...
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sture in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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hockey player Sture Arntzen...
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Gustav continued the
process begun by his
predecessor Sten
Sture the
Younger and Sten
Sture the
Elder of
freeing Sweden from
foreign political and economic...
