Place; position; situation.

State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or
of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of
defense; the posture of affairs.

To place in a particular position or attitude; to
dispose the parts of, with reference to a particular purpose; as, to
posture one’s self; to posture a model.

To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort
the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist;
also, to pose.

Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.