IMPONING

Verb

imponing

present participle of impone

Source: Wiktionary


IMPONE

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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Word of the Day

8 June 2024

REJECT

(verb) refuse to accept or acknowledge; “I reject the idea of starting a war”; “The journal rejected the student’s paper”


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Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.

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