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Definition of Change posture
1. Verb. Undergo a change in bodily posture.
Specialized synonyms: Straighten, Arise, Get Up, Rise, Stand Up, Uprise, Fall, Fall, Fall Down, Right, Sit, Sit Down, Lie, Lie Down, Drop, Drop Down, Sink, Hump, Hunch, Hunch Forward, Hunch Over, Straighten, Unbend, Bow, Uncurl, Sit Up
Lexicographical Neighbors of Change Posture
Literary usage of Change posture
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... U move the body round ; io move from its place ; to change, posture ; to have
a tendency or direction ; to move the face to another quarter ; to depart ..."
2. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1851)
"... and therefore does not care to move his position, or where, from loss of motor
power, he cannot change posture if he did feel it; or whether it results ..."
3. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: To by John Walker (1806)
"... to show regard or ang^r, byd look towards any thing; torno round ; to change
posture ; to theway, to deviate; to alter, to bedded, to be transformed; ..."
4. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1850)
"... or where, from loss of motor power, he cannot change posture if he (lid feel
it ; or whether it results from the patient being tied down to his bed by a ..."
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