'Impose' definitions:
Definition of 'impose'
(from WordNet)
verb
Compel to behave in a certain way; "Social relations impose courtesy" [syn: enforce, impose]
verb
Impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students" [syn: inflict, bring down, visit, impose]
verb
Impose and collect; "levy a fine" [syn: levy, impose]
Definition of 'Impose'
From: GCIDE
- Impose \Im*pose"\, n. A command; injunction. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Impose'
From: GCIDE
- Impose \Im*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Imposing.] [F. imposer; pref. im- in + poser to place. See Pose, v. t.]
- 1. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. [1913 Webster]
- Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose Within a wicker basket. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- What fates impose, that men must needs abide. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Death is the penalty imposed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Eccl.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Print.) 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Impose'
From: GCIDE
- Impose \Im*pose"\, v. i. To practice tricks or deception. [1913 Webster]
- To impose on or To impose upon, (a) to pass or put a trick on; to delude; to cheat; to defraud. "He imposes on himself, and mistakes words for things." --Locke. (b) to place an unwelcome burden or obligation on (another person); as, she imposed on her friend to drive her daughter to school. (c) to take unfair advantage of (a person, a friendship); as, he imposed on his friendship with The Mayor to gain business. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'impose'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- administer the Eucharist,
- anoint,
- appoint,
- ask,
- ask for,
- assess,
- authorize,
- barge in,
- blackmail,
- break in,
- break in upon,
- brook no denial,
- burden,
- burden with,
- burst in,
- butt in,
- call for,
- challenge,
- charge,
- charge for,
- charge in,
- chrism,
- claim,
- clamor for,
- come between,
- command,
- compel,
- compose,
- confirm,
- constrain,
- crash,
- crash in,
- crash the gates,
- creep in,
- crowd in,
- cry for,
- cut in,
- decree,
- demand,
- dictate,
- do duty,
- drag in,
- edge in,
- elbow in,
- encroach,
- enjoin,
- entrench,
- exact,
- exploit,
- extort,
- fasten upon,
- fob,
- foist,
- foist in,
- force,
- freight with,
- horn in,
- impinge,
- impose on,
- impose upon,
- indent,
- infiltrate,
- inflict,
- inflict on,
- inflict upon,
- infringe,
- insinuate,
- interfere,
- interlope,
- interpose,
- interrupt,
- intervene,
- intrude,
- invade,
- irrupt,
- issue an ultimatum,
- justify,
- lade,
- lay,
- lay down,
- lay hands on,
- lay on,
- leave no option,
- levy,
- make a demand,
- make dutiable,
- make free,
- make obligatory,
- make up,
- minister,
- misuse,
- necessitate,
- oblige,
- obtrude,
- officiate,
- ordain,
- order,
- order up,
- overrun,
- perform a rite,
- perform service,
- pi,
- pi a form,
- place,
- place an order,
- prescribe,
- press in,
- presume,
- pro rata,
- prorate,
- push in,
- put,
- put down,
- put in requisition,
- put on,
- put upon,
- require,
- requisition,
- rush in,
- saddle,
- saddle with,
- screw,
- set,
- set in print,
- slink in,
- slip in,
- smash in,
- sneak in,
- squeeze in,
- steal in,
- stick for,
- storm in,
- subject to,
- take advantage of,
- take liberties,
- take no denial,
- task,
- tax,
- throng in,
- thrust in,
- tithe,
- trench,
- trespass,
- use,
- visit,
- warn,
- weight down with,
- wish,
- work in,
- worm in,
- wreak,
- wreck,
- yoke with