attitude

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

AT'TITUDE, noun [Latin actus, ago. 1. In painting and sculpture, the posture or action in which a figure or statue is placed; the gesture of a figure or statue; such a disposition of the parts as serves to express the action and sentiments of the person represented. 2. Posture; position of things or persons; as, in times of trouble let the prince or a nation preserve a firm attitude
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