Part 5626

<hw>Im*pose"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To practice trick or deception.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>To impose on</col> &or; <col>upon</col></mcol>, <cd>to pass or put a trick on; to delude.</cd> "He <i>imposes on<i> himself, and mistakes words for things."</cs>

<i>Locke.</i>

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<hw>Im*pose"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A command; injunction.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Im*pose"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Imposition.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Im*pos"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who imposes.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>imposers</b> of these oaths might repent. <i>Walton.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Im*pos"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Laying as a duty; enjoining.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; <as>as, an <ex>imposing</ex> air; an <ex>imposing</ex> spectacle.</as></def> "Large and <i>imposing</i> edifices."

<i>Bp. Hobart.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Deceiving; deluding; misleading.</def>

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<hw>Im*pos"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See <er>Impose</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, 4.</def>

<cs><col>Imposing stone</col> <fld>(Print.)</fld>, <cd>the stone on which the pages or columns of types are imposed or made into forms; -- called also <altname>imposing table</altname>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Im*pos"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an imposing manner.</def>

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<hw>Im*pos"ing*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being imposing.</def>

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<hw>Im`po*si"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>impositio</ets> the application of a name to a thing. See <er>Impone</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.</def> "From <i>imposition</i> of strict laws." <i>Milton</i>.

<blockquote>Made more solemn by the <b>imposition</b> of hands. <i>Hammond.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Eng. Univ.)</fld> <def>An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment.</def>