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[ɪmˈpəʊz], (Verb)
Definitions:
- force (an unwelcome decision or ruling) on someone
(e.g: the decision was theirs and was not imposed on them by others)
- take advantage of someone by demanding their attention or commitment
(e.g: she realized that she had imposed on Mark's kindness)
- arrange (pages of type) so as to be in the correct order after printing and folding
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Origin
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late 15th century (in the sense ‘impute’): from French imposer, from Latin imponere ‘inflict, deceive’ (from in- ‘in, upon’ + ponere ‘put’), but influenced by impositus ‘inflicted’ and Old French poser ‘to place’
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