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R E F E R E N C E S
Pose v.i. 1. to assume or hold a physical attitude, as for an artistic purpose. 2. to make a pretense of being what one is not: to pose as a friend. 3. to behave in an affected manner. -v.t. 4. to cause to assume a fixed position in order to be depicted. 5. to state or propound: to pose a problem. -n. 6. a fixed position assumed in posing. 7. an affected or false appearance or manner. [ME < MF pose(r) < LL pausáre to lay down (a sense due to confusion with L pónere to place, put), L: to halt, stop < pausa a PAUSE]
-Syn. 1. sit, model. 6. see position.
2 Pose v.t. to embarrass or baffle, as by a difficult question or problem [aph. var. of obs. appose, var. of OPPOSE, used in sense of L appónere to put to]
[Urdang, Laurence, ed. Random House Dictionary of The English Language. New York: Random House, 1968.]
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