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Meaning of 'impose'
Meaning of 'impose' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Impose 
[ n.]
- A command; injunction. [ n.]2. Impose [ v. i.]
- To practice trick or deception. [ v. i.]3. Impose [ v. t.]
- To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. [ v. t.]- To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute.
- To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
- 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.
Meaning of 'impose' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. impose [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- impose and collect
- impose and collect
Example in sentence:
- levy a fine
Meaning (2):
- compel to behave in a certain way
- compel to behave in a certain way
Example in sentence:
- duty constrains one to act often contrary to one's desires or inclinations;
- Social relations impose courtesy
Meaning (3):
- impose something unpleasant
- impose something unpleasant
Example in sentence:
- The principal visited his rage on the students
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