"posturize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: posturizes [present, singular, third-person], posturizing [participle, present], posturized [participle, past], posturized [past]
Etymology: From posture + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|posture|ize}} posture + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} posturize (third-person singular simple present posturizes, present participle posturizing, simple past and past participle posturized)
  1. (intransitive) To posture. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: attitudinize

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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