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c1410 Sir Cleges 483 He was a knyght of yours full trewe, And comly of gesture.

1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aiii In wordes, in gesture, in euery demeanour of herself so grete noblenes dyde appere, y^t[etc.].

1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Publyke Baptisme f. iii* By his outwarde gesture and dede, he declared his good wyll towarde them.

1558 T. Becon Pomander of Prayer 58 That I mai reuerence and honour my father & mother, not only with outward gestures of my bodi, but also with the vnfayned affection of the hart.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. v. sig. K.viij^v/2 To behaue him self decently in his going, and gesture of his body.

1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 64^v Hee vsde his gestures so vnto this gallant dame..that she at length his friend in loue, became.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. ii. 60 If you do loue Rosalinde so neere the hart, as your gesture cries it out. View more context for this quotation

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxix. 168 In gesture and habit of a mad-man.

1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful i. §3. 7 The fashion of the countenance and the gesture of the body on such occasions is so correspondent to this state of mind.

1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxviii. 84 [He] had a voice to persuade, an eye to penetrate, a gesture to command.

1783 W. Thomson in R. Watson & W. Thomson Hist. Reign Philip III v. 385 The voice, the looks, and gestures of the young king, made an impression.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 27 Yet seemed that tone, and gesture bland, Less used to sue than to command.