1. Noun
The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
2. Noun
That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax.
3. Noun
An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment.
4. Noun
An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture.
5. Noun
The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc.
6. Noun
The act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. See Impose, v. t., 4.
7. Noun
the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
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