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noun

Gesture n.

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."

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." "Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love."

verb

Gesture v. t. (past & past part. gestured; pres. part. gesturing) To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action; to gesticulate. "It is not orderly read, nor gestured as beseemeth."

Gesture v. i. To make gestures; to gesticulate. "The players... gestured not undecently withal."

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Etymology of 'Gesture'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Gesture" Quotes from Famous Books

... back his blond hair with a gesture which Cally Heth had seen before. However, all else about him, from the first sight, had seemed to come to her in the nature of ...

— V. V.'s Eyes • Henry Sydnor Harrison

... the same time the love that makes him lay his hand in a most beautiful manner on the side of Christ; and in Christ Himself, who is raising one arm and opening His raiment with a most spontaneous gesture, and dispelling the doubts of His incredulous disciple, there are all the grace and divinity, so to speak, that art can give to any figure. Andrea clothed both these figures in most beautiful and well-arranged draperies, which give us to know that he understood that art no less ...

— Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects - Vol. 3 (of 10), Filarete and Simone to Mantegna • Giorgio Vasari

... me!" he exclaimed, with a quick gesture of deprecation. "It—it was unpardonable of me . . ." His voice vibrated with some strong emotion, and Diana ...

— The Splendid Folly • Margaret Pedler

... short here, and begins to tremble violently. With a little shamed, heartbroken gesture she tears her hand out of his and covers her face ...

— April's Lady - A Novel • Margaret Wolfe Hungerford

... an easy gesture of gallantry, but overbalanced himself and fell sideways on the pallet with a gasp. Yet there was so much genuine feeling mixed with his grotesque affectation, so much piteous consciousness of the ineffectiveness of his falsehood, ...

— By Shore and Sedge • Bret Harte

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