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11Pose — 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… …
12Pose — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or… …
13pose- — ❖ ♦ Premier élément de composés (généralement n. m.), tiré du verbe poser. Ex. : pose sangsues (1850, Dorvault); pose tubes (1973, Journ. off.) : « tracteur équipé d une flèche latérale servant à mettre en place les éléments d une canalisation… …
14Pose — »gekünstelte, gezierte Stellung; unnatürliche, affektierte Haltung«: Das Fremdwort wurde im 19. Jh. aus gleichbed. frz. pose entlehnt, das eine Bildung zu frz. poser »auf einen Platz stellen, hinstellen« ist. In älteren Sprachzuständen bedeutete… …
15pose — Pose. s. f. Terme d Architecture. Le travail qu il y a à poser une pierre. La pose des grandes pierres est difficile on paye tant pour la taille d une pierre, & tant pour la pose …
16pose — pose1 [pōz] vt. posed, posing [ME posen < OFr poser, to put in position < VL pausare, to place, put < L, to stop (see PAUSE): meaning and form altered by assoc. with L positus, pp. of ponere, to place, put: see POSITION] 1. to put forth; …
17Pose — 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. [1913 Webster] …
18Pose — 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. [1913 Webster] He . . . posed… …
19pose — I (impersonate) verb act as, act the part of, ape, assume the character of, assume the role of, copy, counterfeit, double for, emulate, imitate, masquerade as, mimic, mock, model oneself after, parody, pass for, personate, play a part, portray,… …
20pose — s. f. 1. Postura ou posição do corpo. 2. Posição de imobilidade para uma fotografia ou um retrato, ou para servir de modelo a um artista. 3. Postura afetada de quem procura dar na vista ou impor se. ‣ Etimologia: francês pose …
