Pose /(?)/

1. A cold in the head; catarrh. [Obs.]

1. 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.

imp. & p. p. Posed; p. pr. & vb. n. Posing

1. 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.

1. 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.

   He . . . posed before her as a hero.

1. To interrogate; to question. [Obs.]
2. To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.

   A question wherewith a learned Pharisee thought to pose and puzzle him.