Impose

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Impose \Im*pose"\, v. i.
     To practice tricks or deception.
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     {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." --Locke.
     (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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose
              Within a wicker basket.               --Chapman.
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     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.
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              What fates impose, that men must needs abide.
                                                    --Shak.
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              Death is the penalty imposed.         --Milton.
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              Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws. --Waller.
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     3. (Eccl.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of
        confirmation and ordination.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Impose \Im*pose"\, n.
     A command; injunction. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  impose
       v 1: compel to behave in a certain way; "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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  154 Moby Thesaurus words for "impose":
     abuse, administer the Eucharist, anoint, appoint, ask, ask for,
     assess, authorize, barge in, blackmail, break in, break in upon,
     brook no denial, burden, burden with, burst in, butt in, call for,
     challenge, charge, charge for, charge in, chrism, claim,
     clamor for, come between, command, compel, compose, confirm,
     constrain, crash, crash in, crash the gates, creep in, crowd in,
     cry for, cut in, decree, demand, dictate, do duty, drag in,
     edge in, elbow in, encroach, enjoin, entrench, exact, exploit,
     extort, fasten upon, fob, foist, foist in, force, freight with,
     horn in, impinge, impose on, impose upon, indent, infiltrate,
     inflict, inflict on, inflict upon, infringe, insinuate, interfere,
     interlope, interpose, interrupt, intervene, intrude, invade,
     irrupt, issue an ultimatum, justify, lade, lay, lay down,
     lay hands on, lay on, leave no option, levy, make a demand,
     make dutiable, make free, make obligatory, make up, minister,
     misuse, necessitate, oblige, obtrude, officiate, ordain, order,
     order up, overrun, perform a rite, perform service, pi, pi a form,
     place, place an order, prescribe, press in, presume, pro rata,
     prorate, push in, put, put down, put in requisition, put on,
     put upon, require, requisition, rush in, saddle, saddle with,
     screw, set, set in print, slink in, slip in, smash in, sneak in,
     squeeze in, steal in, stick for, storm in, subject to,
     take advantage of, take liberties, take no denial, task, tax,
     throng in, thrust in, tithe, trench, trespass, use, visit, warn,
     weight down with, wish, work in, worm in, wreak, wreck,
     yoke with