transitive verb imposed, imposing
- to place or set (a burden, tax, fine, etc. on or upon) as by authority
- to force (oneself, one's presence or will, etc.) on another or others without right or invitation; obtrude
- to pass off; palm off; foist, esp. by deception: to impose false cures on unsuspecting patients
- to arrange (pages of type or plates) in a frame in the proper order of printing
- Archaic to place; put; deposit
- to lay (the hands) on, as in ordaining
Origin:
Fr, altered by assoc. with poser (see pose) < L imponere, to place upon < in-, on + ponere: see position