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  Pose \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 corresponding to L. ponere to put, place, the
     substitution in French having been probably due to confusion
     of this word with L. positio position, fr. ponere. See Few,
     and cf. 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.
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  Posed \Posed\, a.
     Firm; determined; fixed. "A most posed . . . and grave
     behavior." [Obs.] --Urquhart.
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  posed
      adj 1: arranged for pictorial purposes [ant: unposed]