Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
posited |
imp. & past participle |
of Posit |
possess |
verb t. |
To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one’s own keeping; to have and to hold., To have the legal title to; to have a just right to; to be master of; to own; to have; as, to possess property, an estate, a book., To obtain occupation or possession of; to accomplish; to gain; to seize., To enter into and influence; to control the will of; to fill; to affect; — said especially of evil spirits, passions, etc., To put in possession; to make the owner or holder of property, power, knowledge, etc.; to acquaint; to inform; — followed by of or with before the thing possessed, and now commonly used reflexively. |
posting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Post, The act of traveling post., The act of transferring an account, as from the journal to the ledger. |
postact |
noun |
An act done afterward. |
postage |
noun |
The price established by law to be paid for the conveyance of a letter or other mailable matter by a public post. |
postboy |
noun |
One who rides post horses; a position; a courier., A boy who carries letters from the post. |
postern |
noun |
Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate., A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks., Back; being behind; private. |
postero |
|
– (/). A combining form meaning posterior, back; as, postero-inferior, situated back and below; postero-lateral, situated back and at the side. |
postfix |
noun |
A letter, syllable, or word, added to the end of another word; a suffix., To annex; specifically (Gram.), to add or annex, as a letter, syllable, or word, to the end of another or principal word; to suffix. |
postmen |
plural |
of Postman |
postman |
noun |
A post or courier; a letter carrier., One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions; — so called from the place where he sits. The other of the two is called the tubman. |
posture |
noun |
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., Place; position; situation., State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of defense; the posture of affairs., 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., To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose., Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint. |