Hypertext Webster Gateway: "posing"
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)
posing
n : the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph
or portrait); "he wanted his portrait painted but
couldn't spare time for the sitting" [syn: {sitting}]
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