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 , 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 , 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.
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.
Pose (?), n. [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.
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