Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Impose"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Impose \Im*pose"\, v. i.
To practice trick or deception.

{To impose on} or {upon}, to pass or put a trick on; to
delude. ``He imposes on himself, and mistakes words for
things.'' --Locke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Impose \Im*pose"\, n.
A command; injunction. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Impose \Im*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imposed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Imposing}.] [F. imposer; pref. im- in + poser to place.
See {Pose}, v. t.]
1. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.

Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose Within a
wicker basket. --Chapman.

2. 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.
--Shak.

Death is the penalty imposed. --Milton.

Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws. --Waller.

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

4. (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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

impose
v 1: compel or impose; "Social relations impose courtesy" [syn: {enforce}]
2: impose something unpleasant: "The principal visited his rage
on the students" [syn: {inflict}, {bring down}, {visit}]
3: impose and collect; "levy a fine" [syn: {levy}]


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