Stature /(stăch"ẽr; also, stăt"ū̇r; 135)/

Stat·ure

Stature

n.

[F. stature, OF. estature, from L. statura, originally, an upright posture; hence, height or size of the body, from stare, statum, to stand. See Stand.]

The natural height of an animal body; -- generally used of the human body.
Foreign men of mighty stature came.
— Dryden.

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