Impose definition

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To force oneself on or take unfair advantage of others.

You are always imposing on their generosity.

verb

To establish or apply as compulsory; levy.

Impose a tax.

verb

To pass off; foist, esp. by deception.

To impose false cures on unsuspecting patients.

verb

To arrange (pages of type or plates) in a frame in the proper order of printing.

verb

To enforce: compel to behave in a certain way.

Social relations impose courtesy.

verb

To force (oneself, one's presence or will, etc.) on another or others without right or invitation; obtrude.

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The definition of impose is to go somewhere where you aren't welcome or to force beliefs or ideas on other people.

An example of impose is when you show up unannounced at a wedding to which you weren't invited.

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.

verb

(archaic) To place; put; deposit.

verb

To lay (the hands) on, as in ordaining.

verb

To establish or apply by authority.

2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012).

Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare.

Congress imposed new tariffs.

verb

(intransitive) To be an inconvenience.

I don't wish to impose upon you.

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To practice a trick or deception.

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To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.

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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

To bring about by authority or force; force to prevail.

Impose a peace settlement.

verb

To obtrude or force (oneself, for example) on another or others.

verb

(printing) To arrange (type or plates) on an imposing stone.

verb

To offer or circulate fraudulently; pass off.

Imposed a fraud on consumers.

verb

To place or set (a burden, tax, fine, etc. on or upon) as by authority.

verb

impose on

to take advantage of; put to some trouble or use unfairly for one's own benefit
to cheat or defraud

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Alternative Forms

Alternative Form of impose - empose

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impose on

Origin of impose

Middle English imposen from Old French imposer alteration (influenced by poser to put, place) of Latin impōnere to place upon in- on in–² pōnere to place apo- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle French imposer (“to lay on, impose”), taking the place of Latin imponere (“to lay on, impose”), from in (“on, upon”) + ponere (“to put place”).

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