impose
/ɪmˈpoʊz/
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English
Meaning
verb
To physically lay or place (something) on another thing; to deposit, to put, to set.
Archaic; Transitive verb
verb
To physically lay or place (something) on another thing; to deposit, to put, to set.
Archaic; Transitive verb
verb
To physically lay or place (something) on another thing; to deposit, to put, to set.
Archaic; Transitive verb
verb
To apply, enforce, or establish (something, often regarded as burdensome as a restriction or tax: see verb sense 1.2.2) with authority.
Transitive verb
verb
To place or put (something chiefly immaterial, especially something regarded as burdensome as a duty, an encumbrance, a penalty, etc.) on another thing or on someone; to inflict, to repose; also, to place or put (on someone a chiefly immaterial thing, especially something regarded as burdensome).
Transitive verb
verb
To force or put (a thing) on someone or something by deceit or stealth; to foist, to obtrude.
Transitive verb
verb
To subject (a student) to imposition (“a task inflicted as punishment”).
British usage; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "[H]is Svvaine / Strevv'd faire greene Oſiers; and impoſ'd thereon / A good ſoft Sheepeskin, vvhich made him a Throne."
- "It vvas here likevviſe, in a place vvhere the diſtance betvveen the oppoſite banks cannot exceed five hundred paces, that Xerxes impoſed a ſtupendous bridge of boats, for the purpoſe of tranſporting into Europe an hundred and ſeventy myriads of barbarians."
- "[Jesus] ſaid to them, Suffer the litle children to come vnto me, and prohibit them not, for the kingdom of God is for ſuch. […] And embracing them, and impoſing hands vpon them, he bleſſed them."
- "[W]hen Iſraell bleſſed Ephraim and Manaſſes Ioſephs ſonnes, hee impoſed vpon them his hands and prayed, […]"
- "[T]hat the Apoſtolate might be ſucceſſive and perpetuall, Chriſt gave them a povver of ordination, that by impoſing hands on others they might impart that povver vvhich they receiued from Chriſt."
- "They [pages] are imposed as follows, the illustration showing how the pages appear in the form. […] 18, 24, 32, and 48mo may be imposed in a similar manner, or may be so imposed as to be cut before folding."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪmˈpoʊz/
- British English: /ɪmˈpəʊz/