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Definition of Poses
Pose Pose Pose, v. i.
To assume and maintain a studied attitude, with studied
arrangement of drapery; to strike an attitude; to
attitudinize; figuratively, to assume or affect a certain
character; as, she poses as a prude.
He . . . posed before her as a hero. --Thackeray.
Pose Pose Pose, v. t. [Shortened from appose, for oppose. See 2d
Appose, Oppose.]
1. To interrogate; to question. [Obs.] ``She . . . posed him
and sifted him.' --Bacon.
2. To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by
questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
A question wherewith a learned Pharisee thought to
pose and puzzle him. --Barrow.
Pose Pose Pose, n. [AS. gepose; of uncertain origin; cf. W. pas a
cough, Skr. k[=a]s to cough, and E. wheeze.]
A cold in the head; catarrh. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Pose Pose Pose, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Posed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Posing.] [F. poser to place, to put, L. pausare to pause,
in LL. also, to place, put, fr. L. pausa a pause, Gr. ?, fr.
? to make to cease, prob. akin to E. few. In compounds, this
word appears corresponding to L. ponere to put, place, the
substitution in French having been probably due to confusion
of this word with L. positio position, fr. ponere. See Few,
and cf. Appose, Dispose, Oppose, Pause, Repose,
Position.]
To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of
effect; to arrange the posture and drapery of (a person) in a
studied manner; as, to pose a model for a picture; to pose a
sitter for a portrait.
