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Webster 1913 Edition
Pose
‖
Poˊsé′
,Adj.
[F., placed, posed.]
(Her.)
Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; – said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.
Pose
,Noun.
[AS.
gepose
; of uncertain origin; cf. W. pas
a cough, Skr. kās
to cough, and E. wheeze
.] A cold in the head; catarrh.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Pose
,Noun.
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.Pose
,Verb.
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. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] 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.Pose
,Verb.
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 prudeHe . . .
posed
before her as a hero. Thackeray.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pose
POSE
,Noun.
POSE
,Noun.
POSE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To puzzle, [a word of the same origin;] to set; to put to a stand or stop; to gravel. Learning was pos'd, philosophy was set.
I design not to pose them with those common enigmas of magnetism.
2.
To puzzle or put to a stand by asking difficult questions; to set by questions; hence, to interrogate closely, or with a view to scrutiny.