Pose

pōz, n. a position: an attitude, either natural or a umed.— v.i. to a ume an attitude.— v.t. to put in a suitable attitude: to posit. [Fr.,— poser , to place—Low L. pausare , to cease—L. pausa , pause—Gr. pausis . Between Fr. poser and L. ponĕre , positum , there has been confusion, which has influenced the derivatives of both words.]