† posituren.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French positure; Latin positūra.

Etymology: < Middle French positure disposition of the parts of something (1584; earlier in sense ‘action of placing objects’ (1547)) and its etymon classical Latin positūra position, situation, arrangement, disposition < posit- , past participial stem of pōnere to place (see ponent n. and adj.¹) + -ūra -ure suffix¹. Compare earlier posture n. and the Romance parallels cited at that entry.

Obsolete.

1. Position, situation; place, locality.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun]

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1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxv. xxviii. 904 To view and consider the situation and positure of the place on all sides [L. contemplatus ab omni parte loci naturam].

a1616 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God (1620) iv. xxiii. 173 A temple that should haue excelled all the rest in height of positure and magnificence of fabricke.

a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 177 A station of very uncertain positure.

1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica xxxii. 288 Area equal to the others, and of the like positure with the others.

a. Astrology. Relative position (of the planets, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > aspect > [noun]

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familiarity1679

ray1679

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 116 Hee attributeth all to the climate, and positure of..heaven.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια *87 Planets, in respect of motion, positure, aspect; sc. combust, peregrine..applicate, defluent.

a1661 B. Holyday Illustr. 5th Sat. in Decimus Junius Juvenalis & Aulus Decimus Flaccus Translated (1673) 331/2 The Astrologers observe in that point the positure of the cœlestial constellations, that is, the state of the Planets amongst themselves, as also the fixed stars.

1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Piccolomini iv. i. 149 Ere The scheme, and most auspicious positure Parts o'er my head.

b. The disposition of the parts of something, esp. the position of the limbs or body as a whole, a pose; = posture n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > [noun]

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1621 Raleigh's Hist. World (new ed.) i. v. iii. §16. 528 Idols,..in such habit and positure [1614, 1617 posture] as if they were fighting.

1625 T. Godwin Moses & Aaron ii. i. 79 The positure of the Cherubims was such, that their faces were each towards the other.

1674 W. Petty Disc. before Royal Soc. 122 Supposing every Body to have a Figure or Positure of its own, out of which it may be disturbed by External Force.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Positure, Disposition, as The Positure of the Soul.

1790 T. Sheridan Compl. Dict. Eng. Lang. Positure, the manner in which any thing is placed.]

3. A law, a principle laid down; = position n. 1a. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > [noun] > regulation > a regulation or rule

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reg1904

1624 J. Hewes Perfect Surv. Eng. Tongue sig. Aiv The Rules and Positures of Grammar.

1624 J. Hewes Perfect Surv. Eng. Tongue sig. B j The chiefe end of our Rules and Positures.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	positure
释义	† posituren. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French positure; Latin positūra. Etymology: < Middle French positure disposition of the parts of something (1584; earlier in sense ‘action of placing objects’ (1547)) and its etymon classical Latin positūra position, situation, arrangement, disposition < posit- , past participial stem of pōnere to place (see ponent n. and adj.¹) + -ūra -ure suffix¹. Compare earlier posture n. and the Romance parallels cited at that entry. Obsolete. 1. Position, situation; place, locality. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] stallc1000 logh11.. settlea1340 placea1375 steada1387 sitea1398 assizec1400 position?a1425 estal1480 stound1557 planting1585 location1592 positure1600 posture1605 seat1607 situs1629 ubi1630 ubiety1645 locus1648 locality1656 topography1658 whereness1674 lie1697 spot1769 locus standi1809 possie1916 ubicity1922 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxv. xxviii. 904 To view and consider the situation and positure of the place on all sides [L. contemplatus ab omni parte loci naturam]. a1616 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God (1620) iv. xxiii. 173 A temple that should haue excelled all the rest in height of positure and magnificence of fabricke. a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 177 A station of very uncertain positure. 1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica xxxii. 288 Area equal to the others, and of the like positure with the others. 2. a. Astrology. Relative position (of the planets, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > aspect > [noun] aspecta1398 conspect1398 radiation1555 configuration1559 positure1610 familiarity1679 ray1679 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 116 Hee attributeth all to the climate, and positure of..heaven. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 87 Planets, in respect of motion, positure, aspect; sc. combust, peregrine..applicate, defluent. a1661 B. Holyday Illustr. 5th Sat.* in Decimus Junius Juvenalis & Aulus Decimus Flaccus Translated (1673) 331/2 The Astrologers observe in that point the positure of the cœlestial constellations, that is, the state of the Planets amongst themselves, as also the fixed stars. 1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Piccolomini iv. i. 149 Ere The scheme, and most auspicious positure Parts o'er my head. b. The disposition of the parts of something, esp. the position of the limbs or body as a whole, a pose; = posture n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > [noun] standing1540 gesture?1548 site1573 posture1605 positure1621 figure1658 pose1818 body mechanics1922 1621 Raleigh's Hist. World (new ed.) i. v. iii. §16. 528 Idols,..in such habit and positure [1614, 1617 posture] as if they were fighting. 1625 T. Godwin Moses & Aaron ii. i. 79 The positure of the Cherubims was such, that their faces were each towards the other. 1674 W. Petty Disc. before Royal Soc. 122 Supposing every Body to have a Figure or Positure of its own, out of which it may be disturbed by External Force. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Positure, Disposition, as The Positure of the Soul. 1790 T. Sheridan Compl. Dict. Eng. Lang. Positure, the manner in which any thing is placed.] 3. A law, a principle laid down; = position n. 1a. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [noun] > regulation > a regulation or rule lawa1225 precepta1325 line1340 observancea1382 rulea1387 reglec1475 regimentc1485 reuglec1485 instruction1526 maxima1564 maxim1578 preception1620 reglement1622 positure1624 gnomon1627 regulationa1640 parapegm1646 rubric1891 reg1904 1624 J. Hewes Perfect Surv. Eng. Tongue sig. Aiv The Rules and Positures of Grammar. 1624 J. Hewes Perfect Surv. Eng. Tongue sig. B j The chiefe end of our Rules and Positures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1600
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