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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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Imposing \Im*pos"ing\, a.
1. Laying as a duty; enjoining.
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2. Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as,
an imposing air; an imposing spectacle. "Large and
imposing edifices." --Bp. Hobart.
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3. Deceiving; deluding; misleading.
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Imposing \Im*pos"ing\, n. (Print.)
The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a
sheet. See {Impose}, v. t., 4.
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{Imposing stone} (Print.), the stone on which the pages or
columns of types are imposed or made into forms; -- called
also {imposing table}.
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