Impose

Definition of Impose

Im`pose´

v. t.

To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.

[imp. & p. p. Imposed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Imposing.]

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

- Chapman.

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.

(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.

v. i.

To practice tricks or deception.

To impose on
a -	to pass or put a trick on; to delude; to cheat; to defraud.
b -	to place an unwelcome burden or obligation on (another person); as, she imposed on her friend to drive her daughter to school. - Locke.
c -	to take unfair advantage of (a person, a friendship); as, he imposed on his friendship with The Mayor to gain business.

A command; injunction.

Related Words

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