IMPONE

Etymology

Verb

impone (third-person singular simple present impones, present participle imponing, simple past and past participle imponed)

(obsolete, transitive) To stake; to wager; to pledge.

Source: Wiktionary


Im*pone", v. t. Etym: [L. imponere, impositum, to place upon; pref. im- in + ponere to place. See Position.]

Definition: To stake; to wager; to pledge. [Obs.] Against the which he has imponed, as I take it, six French rapiers and poniards. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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