Impose
Impose , transitive verb
[French imposer; pref. im- in + poser to place. See Pose, transitive verb]
1.
To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.
Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose
Within a wicker basket.
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.
What fates impose, that men must needs abide.
Death is the penalty imposed.
Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws.
3.
(Ecclesiastical) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
4.
(Printing) 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.
Impose , intransitive verb
To practice tricks or deception.
Collocations (1)
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. (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.
Impose , noun
A command; injunction. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare