Pose Definition
Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body).
Other Word Forms of Pose
Noun
Origin of Pose
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Short for appose to examine closely (from Middle English apposen) (alteration of opposen oppose) and from French poser to assume (obsolete) (from Old French pose1)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English posen to place from Old French poser from Vulgar Latin pausāre from Late Latin pausāre to rest from Latin pausa pause pause
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French and Middle French poser, from Vulgar Latin pausare, from Latin pausa (“pause”), from Ancient Greek παῦσις (pausis); influenced by Latin ponere.
From Wiktionary
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From a combination of aphetic forms of appose and oppose.
From Wiktionary
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From Old English ge-pos
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