Canadian English Meaning of impose

impose

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Definitions and Meaning of impose in English

Wordnet

impose (v)

compel to behave in a certain way

impose something unpleasant

impose and collect

Webster

impose (v. t.)

To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.

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.

To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.

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.

Webster

impose (v. i.)

To practice trick or deception.

Webster

impose (n.)

A command; injunction.

FAQs About the word impose

impose

compel to behave in a certain way, impose something unpleasant, impose and collectTo lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit., To lay as a charge, burden, t

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imposableness => impossibility, imposable => imposable, importuous => importuous, importunity => importunity, importunities => importunities,