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imposing

/ɪmˈpəʊzɪŋ/

verb

Meaning

  • To establish or apply by authority.

    "Congress imposed new tariffs."

  • 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.

adjective

Meaning

  • Magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity.