Definition of impose

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Impose (v. t.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination..

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Hum :: Hum (v. t.) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug.
Fool :: Fool (v. t.) To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring foolish confidence; as, to fool one out of his money..
Tyrant :: Tyrant (n.) Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor..
Handicap :: Handicap (n.) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like..
Average :: Average (n.) A contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon one of several for the general benefit; damage done by sea perils.
Imposement :: Imposement (n.) Imposition.
Dictate :: Dictate (v. i.) To speak as a superior; to command; to impose conditions (on).
Trick :: Trick (v. t.) To deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse..
Force :: Force (n.) Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a contract, or a term..
Impose :: Impose (n.) A command; injunction.
Fightwite :: Fightwite (n.) A mulct or fine imposed on a person for making a fight or quarrel to the disturbance of the peace.
Task :: Task (v. t.) To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to..
Imposed :: Imposed (imp. & p. p.) of Impos.
Smuggle :: Smuggle (v. t.) To import or export secretly, contrary to the law; to import or export without paying the duties imposed by law; as, to smuggle lace..
Stereoscopic :: Stereoscope (n.) An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the purpose from points of view a little way apart. It is furnished with two eyeglasses, and by refraction or reflection the pictures are superimposed, so as to appear as one to the observer..
Assess :: Assess (v.) To apportion a sum to be paid by (a person, a community, or an estate), in the nature of a tax, fine, etc.; to impose a tax upon (a person, an estate, or an income) according to a rate or apportionment..
Tax :: Tax (n.) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses.
Unlaw :: Unlaw (n.) A fine imposed as a penalty for violation of the law.
Penance :: Penance (v. t.) To impose penance; to punish.
Chase :: Chase (n.) A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed.
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