v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imposed p. pr. & vb. n. Imposing. ] [ F. imposer; pref. im- in + poser to place. See Pose, v. t. ] 1. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. [ 1913 Webster ] Cakes of salt and barley [ she ] did impose
Within a wicker basket. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ] What fates impose, that men must needs abide. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] Death is the penalty imposed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Eccl.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. (Print.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ] | 
