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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

... it so. "Who says I may not speak to you? Who else is to speak to you if I don't? How can you bear yourself and speak nothing? Is it natural?" He seemed on the point of angry tears; with a gesture infinitely kind she bore with him. Her hand ...

— Rest Harrow - A Comedy of Resolution • Maurice Hewlett

... began to spread over the room. It began at the tables near the main entrance of the restaurant; then the men began to get briskly to their feet. With automatic precision they came to attention, saluting the officer who had entered with that jerky little downward gesture of the forearm typical ...

— Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns - Sinking the German U-Boats • Halsey Davidson

... in the manner of Lessing are perfectly insignificant; but his treatise on imitation (Mimik) shows the point to which the theory of his master leads. This book contains many useful observations on the first elements of the language of gesture: the grand error of the author is, that he considered it a complete system of mimicry or imitation, though it only treats of the expression of the passions, and does not contain a syllable on the subject of exhibition ...

— Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature • August Wilhelm Schlegel

... Insular Government in Manila in the following month. Naturally, the study of the man and his surroundings interested me far more than conversation on a subject which was not my business. Speaking with warmth, at every gesture the jabul would slide down to his waist, exposing his bare breast, so that perhaps I saw more of the Majasari than is the privilege of most European visitors. On leave-taking His Highness graciously presented me with a handsome ...

— The Philippine Islands • John Foreman

... danced a solemn measure, Very slow in step and gesture, In and out among the pine-trees, Through the shadows and the sunshine, Treading softly like a panther. Then more swiftly and still swifter, Whirling, spinning round in circles, Leaping o'er the guests ...

— The Song Of Hiawatha • Henry W. Longfellow

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