Word Meaning

impose definition and meaning

v. t. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.
v. t. To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute.
v. t. To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
v. t. 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.
v. i. To practice trick or deception.
n. A command; injunction.

Crossword clues for impose

- Levy
- Levy (tax)