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impose

To impose is to go somewhere where you aren't welcome or to force beliefs or ideas on other people. (verb)

  1. An example of impose is when you show up unannounced at a wedding to which you weren't invited.
  2. An example of impose is when you make other people sit and listen to your sermons and try forcefully to get them to believe in your religion.

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See impose in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See impose in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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