STATURE

stature. stature, height, bignes

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stature. Stature, n. the natural height of any thing, size

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Stat″ure (stăt″ū̍r ; 135), n. [[F. stature, OF. estature, from L. statura, originally, an upright posture; hence, height or size of the body, from stare, statum, to stand. See Stand.]] The natural height of an animal body; — generally used of the human body. Foreign men of mighty stature came. Dryden.