Definition of Imposing

Im`pos´ing
a.1.Laying as a duty; enjoining.
2.Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle.
3.Deceiving; deluding; misleading.
n.1.(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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