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Pronunciation : Po`s
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [F., placed, posed.] (Her.)
Definition : Defn: Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pose
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. gepose; of uncertain origin; cf. W. pas a cough, Skr. kas to cough, and E. wheeze.]
Definition : Defn: A cold in the head; catarrh. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pose
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. pose, fr. poser. See Pose, v. t.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pose
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. poser to place, to put, L. pausare to pause, in LL. also, to place, put, fr. L. pausa a pause, Gr. 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
Definition : Defn: 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Posed; p. pr. & vb. n. Posing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pose
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pose
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Shortened from appose, for oppose. See 2d Appose, Oppose.]
Definition : 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.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913