| Posé (pose) |
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| a. | (?) |
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| ||Po`sé" |
| [F., placed,
posed.] (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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| Pose (pose) |
|---|
| n. | (?) |
|---|
| Pose |
[AS. gepose; of
uncertain origin; cf. W. pas a cough, Skr. k s to
cough, and E. wheeze.] |
A cold in the head; catarrh.
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| Pose (pose) |
|---|
| n. | (?) |
|---|
| Pose |
| [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.
|
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.
|
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.
|
To interrogate; to
question.
To question with a view to puzzling; to
embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
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