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▪ I. † imˈposturize, v.1 Obs.
[f. imposture, or impostor + -ize.]
intr. To practise imposture. Hence imˈposturizing ppl. a.
1603Harsnet Pop. Impost. Pref., Imposturising Renegadoes that come fresh from the Popes Tyring House. Ibid. xxi. 134 Imposturising Sooth-sayers. 1624Gee Foot out of Snare 44 Diuers other obseruations haue our imposturizing Renegadoes.
▪ II. † imˈposturize, v.2 nonce-wd.
[f. im-1 + posturize.]
trans. To mimic the postures of.
1772W. Huddesford in J. Granger's Lett. (1805) 149 Your attempt to imposturize Tony will be vain, futile, useless{ddd}no one can tell but I how he looked, how he walked, how he scowled. |