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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.
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He . . . posed before her as a hero. --Thackeray.
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Pos'e \Po`s['e]"\, a. [F., placed, posed.] (Her.)
Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of
the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.
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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.
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Pose \Pose\, n. [F. pose, fr. poser. See {Pose}, v. t.]
The attitude or position of a person; the position of the
body or of any member of the body; especially, a position
formally assumed for the sake of effect; an artificial
position; as, the pose of an actor; the pose of an artist's
model or of a statue.
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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.
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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.
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2. To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by
questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
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A question wherewith a learned Pharisee thought to
pose and puzzle him. --Barrow.
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