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8 definitions found 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 1.6 [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 [syn: {model}, {sit}, {posture}] 3: pretend to be someone you are not with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter" [syn: {impersonate}, {personate}] 4: behave affectedly in order to impress others 5: pretend to be someone or something else [syn: {masquerade}] 6: place firmly [syn: {situate}, {fix}, {posit}, {deposit}] 7: place casually; "The cat draped herself on the sofa" [syn: {drape}] 8: put into a certain place: "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the mising children"; also with abstract objects and locations: "Place emphasis on a certain point" [syn: {put}, {set}, {place}, {position}, {lay}] 9: direct or put seek an answer to: "ask a question"; "pose a problem to one's students" [syn: {ask}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: POSEwritten in 1967. ["POSE: A Language for Posing Problems to Computers", S. Schlesinger et al CACM 10:279-285, May 1967]. (1996-12-09)
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