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impose
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French imposer (“to lay on, impose”), taking the place of Latin imponere (“to lay on, impose”), from in (“on, upon”) + ponere (“to put, place”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?po?z/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?p??z/
- Rhymes: -??z
Verb
impose (third-person singular simple present imposes, present participle imposing, simple past and past participle imposed)
- (transitive) To establish or apply by authority.
- Congress imposed new tariffs.
- 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[2]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):
- Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare.
- (intransitive) to be an inconvenience (on or upon)
- I don't wish to impose upon you.
- to enforce: compel to behave in a certain way
- Social relations impose courtesy
- To practice a trick or deception (on or upon).
- To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
- 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.
Derived terms
- imposure
- superimpose
Related terms
- imposition
Translations
Further reading
- impose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- impose in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- impose at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- mopies, pomeis
French
Verb
impose
- first-person singular present indicative of imposer
- third-person singular present indicative of imposer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of imposer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of imposer
- second-person singular imperative of imposer
Italian
Verb
impose
- third-person singular past historic of imporre
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imposex
English
Etymology
Blend of imposed +? sex
Noun
imposex (uncountable)
- (biology) The development in certain marine gastropod mollusks of sex organs in contrast to their actual gender, the result of toxic pollutants.
imposex From the web:
- what imposex means
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