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See Posthumous. [R.]

Of or pertaining to posture.

rd 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…

One who postures.

A posterior zygapophysis.

Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.

s faith, principles, or party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy from Christianity.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade. So spake the apostate angel. Milton. A wretched and apostate state. Steele.

Apostatical. [R.]

Apostate. An heretical and apostatical church. Bp. Hall.

the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered. He apostatized from his old faith in facts, took to believing in Carlyle.

To form an abscess; to swell and fill with pus. Wiseman.

The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration. [Written corruptly imposthumation.] Wiseman.

Pertaining to, or partaking of the nature of, an aposteme.

An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter. [Written corruptly imposthume.]

A marginal note on a letter or other paper; an annotation. Motley.

ospel. He called unto him his disciples, and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles. Luke vi. 13.

The office or dignity of an apostle.

The dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship. Judas had miscarried and lost his apostolate. Jer. Taylor.

of certain ascetic sects which at various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles.