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I. Pp. 207-9. J. B. COLMAN. _To Pose. _--In Vol. Ii. , p. 522. , your correspondent F. R. A. Points outsome passages in which the word "posing" appears to be used in a senseequivalent to "parsing. " Neither the etymology nor the exact meaning of theword "to pose, " are easy to determine. It seems to be abbreviated from theold verb "to appose;" which meant, to set a task, to subject to anexamination or interrogatory; and hence to perplex, to embarrass, topuzzle. The latter is the common meaning ...of the word _to pose_; thus inCrabbe's _Parish Register_:-- "Then by what name th' unwelcome guest to call, Was long a question, and _it posed them all_. " Hence, too, the common expression, that a question which it is difficult toanswer, or an argument which seems to decide the controversy, is a _poser_. The word "posing" in the passages cited by F. R. A. May refer to theexamination of the pupil by the teacher of grammar. Thus, Fuller, in his_Worthies_, art. Norfolk, says that-- "The University appointed Dr.
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