Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Pose (2)

Pose (?), n. [F. pose, fr. poser. See Pose, v. t.] The attitude or position of a person; the position of the body or of any member of the body; especially, a position formally a...

6563

Pose (3)

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 ma...

6564

Pose (4)

Pose, v. i. 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 c...

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Pose (5)

Pose, v. t. [Shortened from appose, for oppose. See 2d Appose, Oppose.] 1. To interrogate; to question. “She... posed him and sifted him.” Bacon.2. To question with a view to pu...

6566

Posed

Posed (?), a. Firm; determined; fixed. “A most posed... and grave behavior.” Urquhart.

6567

Poser

Pos″er (?), n. One who, or that which, puzzles; a difficult or inexplicable question or fact. Bacon.

6568

Poseur

{ ‖Po′seur″ (?), n. masc.; pl.Poseurs (�), ‖Po′seuse″ (?), n. fem.; pl.Poseuses (�) }, A person who poses or attitudizes, esp. mentally.

6569

Posied

Po″sied (?), a. Inscribed with a posy.In poised lockets bribe the fair. Gay.

6570

Posingly

Pos″ing‐ly (?), adv. So as to pose or puzzle.

6571

Posit

Pos″it (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Posited; p. pr. & vb. n.Positing.] [L. ponere, positum, to place. See Position.] 1. To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in re...

6572

Position

Po‐si″tion (?), n. [F. position, L. positio, fr. ponere, positum, to put, place; prob. for posino, fr. an old preposition used only in comp. (akin to Gr. �) + sinere to leave, l...

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Position (2)

Po‐si″tion (?), v. t. To indicate the position of; to place. Encyc. Brit.

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Positional

Po‐si″tion‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to position.Ascribing unto plants positional operations. Sir T. Browne.

6575

Positive

Pos″i‐tive (?), a. [OE. positif, F. positif, L. positivus. See Position.] 1. Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; — opposed to negative....

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Positive (2)

Pos″i‐tive, n. 1. That which is capable of being affirmed; reality. South.2. That which settles by absolute appointment.3. (Gram.) The positive degree or form.4. (Photog.) A pic...

6577

Positive (3)

Pos″i‐tive, a. 1. (Mach. & Mech.) (a) Designating, or pertaining to, a motion or device in which the movement derived from a driver, or the grip or hold of a restraining piece, ...

6578

Positively

Pos″i‐tive‐ly, adv. In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; — opposed to negatively.Good and evil which is ...

6579

Positiveness

Pos″i‐tive‐ness, n. The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness; certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See Positive, a.Positiveness, pedantry, and il...

6580

Positivism

Pos″i‐tiv‐ism (?), n. A system of philosophy originated by M. Auguste Comte, which deals only with positives. It excludes from philosophy everything but the natural phenomena or...

6581

Positivist

Pos″i‐tiv‐ist, n. A believer in positivism. — a. Relating to positivism.

6582

Positivity

Pos′i‐tiv″i‐ty (?), n. Positiveness. J. Morley.

6583

Positure

Pos″i‐ture (?; 135), n. See Posture.

6584

Posnet

Pos″net (?), n. [OF. poçonet, dim. of poçon a pot, a vessel.] A little basin; a porringer; a skillet.

6585

Posologic

{ Pos′o‐log″ic (?), Pos′o‐log″ic‐al (?), } a. [Cf. F. posologique.] Pertaining to posology.

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Posology

Po‐sol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. � how much + -logy: cf. F. posologie.] (Med.) The science or doctrine of doses; dosology.

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Pospolite

Pos″po‐lite (?), n. [Pol. pospolite ruszenie a general summons to arms, an arriere-ban; pospolity general + ruszenie a stirring.] A kind of militia in Poland, consisting of the ...

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Poss

Poss (?), v. t. [See Push.] To push; to dash; to throw.A cat... possed them about. Piers Plowman.