Posed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Posed \Posed\, a.
     Firm; determined; fixed. "A most posed . . . and grave
     behavior." [Obs.] --Urquhart.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  posed
       adj : arranged for pictorial purposes [ant: {unposed}]