Made more solemn by the imposition of hands.
--Hammond.
2. That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge;
burden; injunction; tax.
3. (Eng. Univ.) An extra exercise enjoined on students as a
punishment. --T. Warton.
4. An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a
trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud;
delusion; imposture.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition.
--Shak.
5. (Eccl.) The act of laying on the hands as a religious
ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc.
6. (Print.) The act or process of imosing pages or columns of
type. See {Impose}, v. t., 4.
Syn: Deceit; fraud; imposture. See {Deception}.