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/ɪmpˈoʊzɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Impose v. t. (past & past part. imposed; pres. part. imposing)

To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. "Cakes of salt and barley (she) did impose Within a wicker basket."

To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute. "What fates impose, that men must needs abide." "Death is the penalty imposed." "Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws."

(Eccl.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.

(Print.) To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.

Impose v. i. To practice tricks or deception.

To impose on or To impose upon,

(a)

to pass or put a trick on; to delude; to cheat; to defraud. "He imposes on himself, and mistakes words for things."

(b)

to place an unwelcome burden or obligation on (another person); as, she imposed on her friend to drive her daughter to school.

(c)

to take unfair advantage of (a person, a friendship); as, he imposed on his friendship with The Mayor to gain business.

adjective

Imposing adj.

Laying as a duty; enjoining.

Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle. "Large and imposing edifices."

Deceiving; deluding; misleading.

noun

Imposing n. (Print.) The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4.

Imposing stone (Print.), the stone on which the pages or columns of types are imposed or made into forms; called also imposing table.

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Etymology of 'Imposing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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