Impose

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To establish or apply as compulsory; levy: impose a tax.
  • v. To apply or make prevail by or as if by authority: impose a peace settlement. See Synonyms at dictate.
  • v. To obtrude or force (oneself, for example) on another or others.
  • v. Printing To arrange (type or plates) on an imposing stone.
  • v. To offer or circulate fraudulently; pass off: imposed a fraud on consumers.
  • verb-intransitive. To take unfair advantage: You are always imposing on their generosity.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To establish or apply by authority.
  • v. to be an inconvenience
  • v. to enforce: compel to behave in a certain way
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.
  • v. To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict.
  • v. To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
  • v. 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.
  • verb-intransitive. To practice tricks or deception.
  • n. A command; injunction.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To lay on, or set on; put, place, or deposit: as, to impose, the hands in ordination or confirmation.
  • To lay as a burden, or something to be borne or endured; levy, inflict, or enforce, as by authority, power, or influence: as, to impose taxes or penalties; to impose one's opinions upon others.
  • To obtrude fallaciously or deceitfully; palm off; pass off.
  • To fix upon; impute.
  • To subject by way of punishment.
  • In printing, to lay upon an imposing-stone or the bed of a press and secure in a chase, as pages of type or stereotype plates.
  • To lay or place a burden or restraint; act with constraining effect: with upon: as, to impose upon one's patience or hospitality.
  • To practise misleading trickery or imposture; act with a delusive effect: with upon: as, to impose upon one with false pretenses.
  • n. Command; injunction.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. impose something unpleasant
  • v. impose and collect
  • v. compel to behave in a certain way
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    imposed    imposes    imposing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    obligate    compel    oblige   
    Cross Reference
    superpose   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    enjoin    Levy    inflict    command    injunction   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bose    Brose    Goes    Joes    Jos    Mose    Rose    Stavros    arose    bestows