IMPOSED

imposed

(adjective) set forth authoritatively as obligatory; “the imposed taxation”; “rules imposed by society”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

imposed

simple past tense and past participle of impose

Source: Wiktionary


IMPOSE

Im*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Imposing.] Etym: [F. imposer; pref. im- in + poser to place. See Pose, v. t.]

1. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose Within a wicker basket. Chapman.

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. Shak. Death is the penalty imposed. Milton. Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws. Waller.

3. (Eccl.)

Definition: To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.

4. (Print.)

Definition: 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.

Im*pose", v. i.

Definition: To practice trick or deception. To impose on or upon, to pass or put a trick on; to delude. "He imposes on himself, and mistakes words for things." Locke.

Im*pose", n.

Definition: A command; injunction. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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