POSE

I. verb (~d; posing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~r, from Vulgar Latin *pausare, from Late Latin, to stop, rest, pause, from Latin pausa pause Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to set forth or offer for attention or consideration , to come to attention as ; present , 2. to put or set in place, to place (as a model) in a studied attitude, intransitive verb to assume a posture or attitude usually for artistic pur~s, to affect an attitude or character usually to deceive or impress , II. noun Date: 1818 a sustained posture, an attitude, role, or characteristic assumed for effect, Synonyms: see: ~ III. transitive verb (~d; posing) Etymology: short for earlier ap~, from Middle English ap~n, alteration of op~n to op~ Date: 1593 puzzle , baffle