Definition of impose

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Impose (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..

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Taxation :: Taxation (n.) Tax; sum imposed.
Third-penny :: Third-penny (n.) A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl..
Tariff :: Tariff (n.) The duty, or rate of duty, so imposed; as, the tariff on wool; a tariff of two cents a pound..
Task :: Task (v. t.) To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to..
Direction :: Direction (n.) That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants..
Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To impose; to bestow; to rest.
Burden :: Burden (v. t.) To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable)..
Trace :: Trace (v. t.) To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing..
Rider :: Rider (n.) An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill..
Self-imposed :: Self-imposed (a.) Voluntarily taken on one's self; as, self-imposed tasks..
Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty..
Judaize :: "Judaize (v. i.) To conform to the doctrines, observances, or methods of the Jews; to inculcate or impose Judaism..
Average :: Average (n.) A contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon one of several for the general benefit; damage done by sea perils.
Poll :: Poll (v. t.) To impose a tax upon.
Fob :: Fob (v.t.) To cheat; to trick; to impose on.
Handicap :: Handicap (n.) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like..
Rusticate :: Rusticate (v. t.) To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on.
Prescribe :: Prescribe (v. t.) To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct..
Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
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