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  1. 1. n. The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. The act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. See Impose, v. t., 4. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. an uncalled-for burden Source: wordnet
  9. 9. 1. The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like. "From imposition of strict laws." Milton. Made more solemn by the imposition of hands. Hammond. 2. That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax. 3. (Eng. Univ.) An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment. T. Warton. 4. An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture. Reputation is an idle and most false imposition. Shak. 5. (Eccl.) The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc. 6. (Print.) The act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. See Impose, v. t., 4. Syn. -- Deceit; fraud; imposture. See Deception. Source: webster
  10. 10. An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment. T.Warton. Source: adambom
  11. 11. n:100 n. the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) n. an uncalled-for burden Source: ecdict

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