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    im·pose
    [imˈpōz]
    verb
    impose (verb) · imposes (third person present) · imposed (past tense) · imposed (past participle) · imposing (present participle)
    1. force (something unwelcome or unfamiliar) to be accepted or put in place:
      "the decision was theirs and was not imposed on them by others"
    2. take advantage of someone by demanding their attention or commitment:
      "she realized that she had imposed on Miss Hatherby's kindness"
    3. printing
      arrange (pages of type) so that they will be in the correct order after printing and folding.
    Origin
    late 15th century (in the sense ‘impute’): from French imposer, from Latin imponere ‘inflict, deceive’ (from in- ‘in, upon’ + ponere ‘put’), but influenced by impositus ‘inflicted’ and Old French poser ‘to place’.
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  2. The verb "impose" means to123:
    • Officially force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received.
    • Lay on or set something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.
    • Put or set by authority.
    • Obtrude or thrust oneself or one's company upon others.
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    The meaning of IMPOSE is to establish or apply by authority.
    www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impose
    impose verb (FORCE) Add to word list C1 [ T ] to officially force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received: be imposed on Very high taxes have recently been imposed on cigarettes. Judges are imposing increasingly heavy fines for minor driving offences.
    dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/impose
    Phonetic (Standard)IPA verb (used with object), im·posed, im·pos·ing. to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes. to put or set by or as if by authority: to impose one's personal preference on others. to obtrude or thrust (oneself, one's company, etc.) upon others.
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