Thesaurus: impose

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1. v. t. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.
2. v. t. 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.
3. v. t. To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
4. v. t. 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.
5. v. i. To practice trick or deception.
6. n. A command; injunction.
7. v. compel to behave in a certain way
8. v. impose something unpleasant
9. v. impose and collect
10. To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmationand ordination.
11. v:100 v compel to behave in a certain way v impose something unpleasant v impose and collect