Impose

im-pōz′, v.t. to place upon: to lay on: to enjoin or command: to put over by authority or force: to obtrude unfairly: to pa off: ( print. ) to arrange or place in a chase, as pages of type.— v.i. (with upon ) to mislead or deceive: act with constraining effect.— n. ( Shak. ) command, injunction.— adjs. Impos′able , capable of being imposed or laid on; Impos′ing , commanding: adapted to impre forcibly.— adv. Impos′ingly .— ns. Impos′ingne ; Imposi′tion , a laying on: laying on of hands in ordination: a tax, a burden: a deception. [Fr. imposer —L. in , on, ponĕre , to place.]