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Definition of Impose

Impose To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. 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. 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. To practice trick or deception. A command; injunction. Related Definitions: And, Arrange, As, Burden, Charge, Chase, Command, Confirmation, Deception, Deposit, Duty, Enjoin, For, Impose, In, Inflict, Injunction, Lay, Levy, Lock, Metal, Obligation, Of, On, Or, Order, Ordination, Penalty, Place, Practice, Printing, Proper, Put, Religious, Said, Set, Stone, Table, Tax, The, To, Toll, Tribute, Trick, Type, Up

Impose Quotations Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire. Confucius A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority. Eric Hoffer Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery. Bertrand Russell It's very difficult in our society. You cannot impose certain behavioral changes. Education can do it at the right time, probably by high school. After that it is too late. Luc Montagnier No weapon has ever settled a moral problem. It can impose a solution but it cannot guarantee it to be a just one. Ernest Hemingway

Impose Translations impose in Dutch is opdringen, forceren impose in French is contraindre, imposez, imposer, imposons, obliger impose in German is auferlegen, auferlegen, imponieren impose in Portuguese is imponha

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