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Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
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bona gestura — /bowns jest(y)urs/ Good abearance or behavior … Black's law dictionary
bona gestura — /bowns jest(y)urs/ Good abearance or behavior … Black's law dictionary
bona gestura — Good behavior … Ballentine's law dictionary
Gesture — Ges ture, n. [LL. gestura mode of action, fr. L. gerere, gestum, to bear, behave, perform, act. See {Gest} a deed.] 1. Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Accubation, or lying down at meals,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gesture — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin gestura mode of action, from Latin gestus, past participle of gerere Date: 15th century 1. archaic carriage, bearing 2. a movement usually of the body or limbs that… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Golden line — The golden line is a type of Latin dactylic hexameter frequently mentioned in Latin classrooms in English speaking countries and in contemporary scholarship written in English. DefinitionThe golden line is variously defined, but most uses of the… … Wikipedia
gesture — gestural, adj. gesturer, n. /jes cheuhr/, n., v., gestured, gesturing. n. 1. a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that is expressive of an idea, opinion, emotion, etc.: the gestures of an orator; a threatening gesture. 2.… … Universalium
gesture — ges|ture1 W3 [ˈdʒestʃə US ər] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Medieval Latin; Origin: gestura, from Latin gestus action, gesture , from gerere to bear ] 1.) [U and C] a movement of part of your body, especially your hands or head, to show what you mean or… … Dictionary of contemporary English
gesture — [15] Originally, a person’s gesture was their ‘bearing’, the way they ‘carried’ themselves: ‘He was a knight of yours full true, and comely of gesture’, Sir Cleges 1410. But by the 16th century it was well on its way via ‘bodily movement’ to… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
gesture — (n.) early 15c., manner of carrying the body, from M.L. gestura bearing, behavior, from L. gestus gesture, carriage, posture (see GEST (Cf. gest)). Restricted sense of a movement of the body or a part of it is from 1550s; figurative sense of… … Etymology dictionary
