impose

1. v. t. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

3. v. t. To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

5. v. i. To practice trick or deception. Source: opted

6. n. A command; injunction. Source: opted

7. v. compel to behave in a certain way Source: wordnet

8. v. impose something unpleasant Source: wordnet

9. v. impose and collect Source: wordnet

10. 1. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose Within a wicker basket. Chapman. 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. What fates impose, that men must needs abide. Shak. Death is the penalty imposed. Milton. Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws. Waller. 3. (Eccl.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination. 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. To practice trick or deception. To impose on or upon, to pass or put a trick on; to delude. "He imposes on himself, and mistakes words for things." Locke. A command; injunction. [Obs.] Shak. Source: webster

11. To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmationand ordination. Source: adambom

12. v:100 v compel to behave in a certain way v impose something unpleasant v impose and collect Source: ecdict

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