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verb

Pose v. t. (past & past part. posed; pres. part. posing) 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 v. t.

To interrogate; to question. (Obs.) "She... posed him and sifted him."

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."

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."

noun

Pose n. A cold in the head; catarrh. (Obs.)

Pose n. 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.

adjective

Pose adj. (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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Etymology of 'Pose'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Pose" Quotes from Famous Books

... Alexander hesitated. Russia at least was freed from the Napoleonic peril. To make peace in this hour of triumph might be of great advantage to his country and would involve no further risks on his part. But his own dreamy longing to pose as the chief figure on the European stage, the deliverer of oppressed nationalities, coupled with the insistent promptings of Baron vom Stein, who was always at his elbow, eventually decided him to complete the overthrow of his rival. Late in December ...

— A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. • Carlton J. H. Hayes

... "I s'pose the passengers could get out and try to reach some house or hotel," resumed the railroad man, "but Deep Rock Cut is a pretty lonely place, and there aren't many houses near it. The only thing I see to do would be for someone to go there with a horse and sled, and rescue ...

— Baseball Joe in the Big League - or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles • Lester Chadwick

... him take a vicious drab to wife, I completed my revenge by inviting her to sit to me as a model, and dealing with her thus. I gave her thirty sous a day, paid in advance, and a good meal, and obliged her to pose before me naked. Then I made her serve my pleasure, out of spite against her husband, jeering at them both the while. Furthermore, I kept her for hours together in position, greatly to her discomfort. This gave her as much annoyance as it gave me pleasure; for she was beautifully made, and brought ...

— The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini • Benvenuto Cellini

... heard the sea when I was in this place, and one day I broke through this hole. The man that first had the farm made it, I s'pose, to pitch his seaweed into from ...

— The Mermaid - A Love Tale • Lily Dougall

... of the Irish girl. She took off her favorite blue velvet cap and pushed her hand through her masses of radiant hair, and then flung herself into what she was pleased to call an attitude, but which was really a very graceful and natural pose. Then ...

— The Rebel of the School • Mrs. L. T. Meade

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