pose
To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
Example
“To pose a model for a picture.”
Other meanings
To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
Word history
From Latin "pono" (pōnere).
Where this comes from
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