Posé

Posé , adjective

[French, placed, posed.]

(Heraldry) Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

Also: Pose

Pose , noun

[Anglo-Saxon gepose; of uncertain origin; compare Welsh pas a cough, Sanskrit kās to cough, and English wheeze.]

A cold in the head; catarrh. [Obsolete] — Chaucer

Pose , noun

[French pose, from poser. See Pose, transitive verb]

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 , transitive verb

[French poser to place, to put, Latin pausare to pause, in Late Latin also, to place, put, from Latin pausa a pause, Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed} to make to cease, prob. akin to English few. In compounds, this word appears corresponding to Latin ponere to put, place, the substitution in French having been probably due to confusion of this word with Latin positio position, from ponere. See Few, and compare 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 , intransitive verb

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 , transitive verb

[Shortened from appose, for oppose. See 2d Appose, Oppose.]

To interrogate; to question. [Obsolete]

She... posed him and sifted him. — Bacon

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