Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pose"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

pose
n 1: affected manners intended to impress others; "don't put on
airs with me" [syn: {airs}]
2: a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display [syn: {affectation},
{mannerism}]
v 1: introduce; "This poses an interesting question" [syn: {present}]
2: as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed
for Leonardo so often" [syn: {model}, {sit}, {posture}]
3: pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent
intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter" [syn: {impersonate},
{personate}]
4: behave affectedly in order to impress others; "Don't pay any
attention to him--he is always posing to impress his
peers!"
5: put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your
things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the
scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a
certain point" [syn: {put}, {set}, {place}, {position}, {lay}]


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