Impone: alternatives and connections

a contract whose performance by one party depends on the occurrence of an uncertain contingent event (but if it is contingent on the o…

A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager.

To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager.

One who bets or lays a wager.

The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man's veracity by the oath of others; -- called also wager of law. See Purgation; al…

One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.

To lay, as a stake; to wager.

Something given, or a part paid beforehand, as a pledge; pledge; handsel; a token of what is to come.

To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind…

A pledge or surety for the good behavior of freemen, -- each freeman who was a member of an ancient decennary, tithing, or friborg, in…

To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge.

To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling.

To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.

To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.

To lay; to wager.

The act of doubling, at each stake, that which has been lost on the preceding stake; also, the sum so risked; -- metaphorically derive…

By virtue of; with the pledge of; -- denoting a pledge or engagement, and put before the thing pledged; as, he affirmed or promised on…

To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.