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Webster 1913 Edition

(stăch′ẽr; also, stăt′ū̍r; 135)

Noun.

[F.

stature

, OF.

estature

, from L.

statura

, originally, an upright posture; hence, height or size of the body, from

stare

statum

, to stand. See

The natural height of an animal body; – generally used of the human body.

Foreign men of mighty

stature

came.

Dryden.

Noun.

[L., to set.] The natural highth of an animal body. It is more generally used of the human body.

Foreign men of mighty stature came.