transitive verb imposed -·posed′, imposing -·pos′·ing

1. to place or set (a burden, tax, fine, etc. on or upon) as by authority
2. to force (oneself, one's presence or will, etc.) on another or others without right or invitation; obtrude
3. to pass off; palm off; foist, esp. by deception to impose false cures on unsuspecting patients
4. to arrange (pages of type or plates) in a frame in the proper order of printing
5. Archaic to place; put; deposit
6. to lay (the hands) on, as in ordaining

Etymology: Fr, altered by assoc. with poser (see pose) < L imponere, to place upon < in-, on + ponere: see position