pose
1[ pohz ]
/ poʊz /
verb (used without object), posed, pos·ing.
verb (used with object), posed, pos·ing.
noun
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In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.
Origin of pose
11325–75; (v.) Middle English posen < Middle French poser < Late Latin pausāre to stop, cease, rest, derivative of Latin pausa pause; French poser has taken over the basic sense of Latin pōnere “to put, place” and represents it in French borrowings of its prefixed derivatives (see compose, depose, etc.), probably reinforced by the accidental resemblance of poser to positum, past participle of pōnere; (noun) derivative of the v.
OTHER WORDS FROM pose
pos·a·ble, adjectivepos·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby pose
Definition for posed (2 of 2)
pose2
[ pohz ]
/ poʊz /
verb (used with object), posed, pos·ing.
to embarrass or baffle, as by a difficult question or problem.
Obsolete. to examine by putting questions.
Origin of pose
21520–30; aphetic variant of obsolete appose, variant of oppose, used in sense of Latin appōnere to put to
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British Dictionary definitions for posed (1 of 2)
pose1
/ (pəʊz) /
verb
to assume or cause to assume a physical attitude, as for a photograph or painting
(intr often foll by as) to pretend to be or present oneself (as something one is not)
(intr) to affect an attitude or play a part in order to impress others
(tr) to put forward, ask, or assertto pose a question
noun
a physical attitude, esp one deliberately adopted for or represented by an artist or photographer
a mode of behaviour that is adopted for effect
Word Origin for pose
C14: from Old French poser to set in place, from Late Latin pausāre to cease, put down (influenced by Latin pōnere to place)
British Dictionary definitions for posed (2 of 2)
pose2
/ (pəʊz) /
verb (tr)
rare to puzzle or baffle
archaic to question closely
Word Origin for pose
C16: from obsolete appose, from Latin appōnere to put to, set against; see oppose
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