imposev.

Brit.

/ɪmˈpəʊz/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈpoʊz/

Forms: Also 1500s empose.

Etymology: < French impose-r (1302 in Godefroy), earlier en-, emposer (11th cent. in Littré), < em- , im- (im- prefix¹) + poser , taken as representation of Latin impōnĕre : see compose v., pose v.¹ Introduced first in special senses, e.g. 3, 2b; the general sense being expressed by native words.

I. transitive.

a. To lay on or set on; to place or set in a position; to put, place, or deposit. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > in contact with a surface

layc950

set971

input1382

immotec1420

impone1529

impose1598

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 16/2 The Chirurgiane [shall] impose the foresayed guttes agayne into their places..imposing or layinge the hande one the wounde.

1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 37/2 Impose therin linnen cloutes.

?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xiii. 207 She impos'd a stone Close to the cauernes mouth.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xvii. 7 It was here likewise..that Xerxes imposed a stupendous bridge of boats.

1867 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Æneis 318 The mourners..on the tepid ground imposed more earth.

b. Ecclesiastical. To lay on hands in blessing, or in ordination, confirmation, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > ordination > ordain [verb (transitive)]

hallowc900

hodec1275

sacrec1290

ordainc1300

orderc1330

consecrate1387

sanctify1390

canonize1393

to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)a1400

consacrea1492

ensacrea1492

ordinate1508

impose1582

japan1756

1582 Bible (Rheims) Mark x. 16 And imposing hands vpon them, he blessed them.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxvi. 168 When Israell blessed..Iosephs sonnes, he imposed vpon them his hands and prayed.

1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy xxxii. 175 Bishops had a power of imposing hands, for collating of Orders, which Presbyters have not.

1658 J. Bramhall Consecration Protestant Bishops Justified viii. 176 What Priests did impose hands upon me.

c. To place in command or office; to appoint or set up authoritatively. Now rare or Obsolete except as associated with 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)]

setc1000

stevenOE

assign1297

inseta1300

stable1300

ordaina1325

instituec1384

to put ina1387

limitc1405

point?1405

stablish1439

institutec1475

invest1489

assumec1503

to fill the hands of1535

establish1548

settle1548

appoint1557

place1563

assumptc1571

dispose1578

seat1595

state1604

instate1613

to bring ina1616

officea1616

constitute1616

impose1617

ascribe1624

install1647

to set up1685

prick1788

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 57 And would be ready, after putting off the person which now was imposed on him, with much contentment to be commaunded by his Lordship.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 78 They have a Generall..who deposeth, or imposeth Magistrates.

1682 Modest Enq. Election Sheriffs London 20 So ungrateful a thing hath it always been to the People of England, to have Sheriffs imposed upon, and set over them, otherwise than according to the course and direction of the Law.

d. Printing. To lay pages of type or stereotype plates on the imposing-stone or the bed of a press, and secure them in a chase, in such order that the printed pages shall follow each other in proper order when the sheet is folded.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > composing > compose [verb (transitive)] > assemble or arrange in chase

impose1652

lock1683

1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον Ep. Liminary sig. A8^v His [sc. the setter's] plenishing of the gally, and imposing of the form.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Impositor, the Impositor or Monitor in a School; also he that imposes the pages into a Form for the Press.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 122/2 Imposing, is the placing of the Pages that belong to a Sheet, within the Chase..in order, that when the Sheet is wrought off..all the Pages may be foulded into an orderly succession.

1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. xiv. 495 The compositor who imposes a sheet must correct the chargeable proof of that sheet.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1172/1 18, 24, 32 and 48mo. may be imposed in a similar manner, or may be so imposed as to be cut before folding.

2. figurative.

a. In general sense: to put, place; to place authoritatively.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)]

doeOE

layc950

seta1000

puta1225

dight1297

pilt?a1300

stow1362

stick1372

bestowc1374

affichea1382

posec1385

couchc1386

dressa1387

assize1393

yarkc1400

sita1425

place1442

colloque1490

siegea1500

stake1513

win1515

plat1529

collocate1548

campc1550

posit1645

posture1645

constitute1652

impose1681

sist1852

shove1902

spot1937

1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon 50 In whose service he imposeth greater confidence.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. iv. 154 Lally had now..imposed upon the English so much respect, as deterred them from the siege.

b. To apply authoritatively or bestow (a name or title) upon, on, †to. (In quots. c1500, ?1566 with inverted construction.) Now associated with 4.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > give (a name)

setc1000

shapeOE

to lay onc1450

imposec1500

clap1609

c1500 Melusine (1895) xix. 102 He was soone baptised and imposed to name Edon.

?1566 J. Alday tr. P. Boaistuau Theatrum Mundi sig. A vij If thou wilt impose this worke a rapsodie, collation or gathering..thou shalt doe it no wrong.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. viii. sig. T4 To proue her surname true, that she imposed has.

1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 105 Rivers also have imposed names to some men.

1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. vii. 36 The names, which the Phenicians imposed on those places.

1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 294 The name was imposed antecedent to his birth.

1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. ix. 214 The native names were altered, and new titles imposed by the Israelites.

†c. To put authoritatively (an end, conclusion, etc.) to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > bring to an end or conclude [verb (transitive)] > put (an end or conclusion) to

impose?1541

?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Hj, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens We wyl shew y^e reason & maner to heale..than we wyl impose the ende of this fourth boke.

1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Life Agricola in tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. 258 To fifty yeares trauayles let this day impose a glorious conclusion.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xxiv. 708 Before they had imposed the crown To these solemnities.

†3. To lay (a crime, etc.) to the account of; to impute, charge. Obsolete. (The earliest recorded use.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > lay to one's charge, impute

witec893

challenge1297

weena1300

to bear upon —c1300

likenc1400

layc1425

to put upa1438

object1447

establish1483

impose1484

reproach1490

annotea1513

lade1535

appoint1553

burden1559

clap1609

to charge (a fault, etc.) on, upon, against (a person)1611

upcast1825

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope 2 b How he excused hym of that was imposed to hym.

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xxii. sig. ddij In besechynge the herers that they be not euyll dysposed or euyll content of the imposaunt, for he ymagyned to haue power to proue cryme that he imposed.

1605 M. Drayton Poems sig. Gg3^v On him, the King..Impos'd my Death.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 149 The imputation of his wickednesse..should be imposed vpon his Father that sent him.

1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. a5 It were a matter to impose as a charge upon the Author of such a Treatise.

a. To lay on, as something to be borne, endured, or submitted to; to inflict (something) on or upon; to levy or enforce authoritatively or arbitrarily.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > impose

setc888

layOE

to lay on11..

enjoin?c1225

join1303

adjoina1325

cark1330

taxa1375

puta1382

impose1581

aggravate1583

fasten1585

clap1609

levy1863

octroy1865

society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > force or impose something upon

to lay on11..

join1303

taxa1375

intruse?a1500

oversetc1500

beforcec1555

impose1581

threap1582

fasten1585

intrude1592

thrust1597

enforcea1616

forcea1616

entail1670

top1682

trump1694

push1723

coerce1790

press1797

inflict1809

levy1863

octroy1865

wish1915

1581 in N. Riding Rec. (1894) New Ser. I. 250 And further that the said Empryngham at an Admyrall Court dyd sett and empose greate and grevouse Fynes.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 826 Impose some seruice on me for thy Loue.

1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 111 They..impose vpon the people all kinde of iniuries.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. iv. 31 What Fates impose, that men must needs abide.

1688 J. Bunyan Good News for Vilest of Men 59 These bloody Letters was not imposed upon me. I went to the High Priest and desired them of him.

1712 A. Pope tr. Statius First Bk. Thebais in Misc. Poems 29 On Impious Realms..impose Thy Plagues.

1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. vii. 112 To impose on a Child to get by Heart a long Scroll of unknown Phrases or Words.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 159 Pretending to abhor tests, he had himself imposed a test.

1854 J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1885) lxi. 471/1 [Alexander said] We have no wish to impose the Bourbons on the French people.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 58 Minos..imposed upon the Athenians a cruel tribute.

b. with double object (originally dative of person and accusative of the thing).

ΚΠ

1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. F3^v For your sake I will impose him dangers, Such and so great.

1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent vi. 533 Cardinall Crescentius..was wont..to impose them silence.

1810 tr. Libertine Husband I. 52 Her admirer, Dorville, was imposed silence.

1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iv. 222 Before the servant be imposed a task.

c. To put or levy (a tax, price, etc.) on or upon (goods, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > levy (a tax) [verb (transitive)]

taxc1290

araisec1386

levy1388

raise1389

cess1495

fine1570

cut1596

impose1600

1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 18 They imposed a newe custome upon the salt.

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 228 [He] petitioned him he would bestow upon him the captive Princesse, or vouchsafe to impose a ransom on her.

1670 R. Coke Disc. Trade 15 To impose what wages they please upon their labours.

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. ii. 601 That the Crown had the right to impose duties on foreign merchandise.

d. To put or subject (a person, etc.) to a penalty, observance, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > [verb (transitive)] > render liable to

undercast1382

pain1516

impose1568

penalize1854

sanction1956

1568 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1619) 610 It is as necessary for the Courtier..to impose his tongue to silence.

?1594 H. Constable Diana (new ed.) vii. vi. sig. F Thus long impos'd to euerlasting plaining.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 265 Impose me to what penance your inuention Can lay vpon my sinne.

e. University slang or School slang. To punish (a person) by an imposition: see imposition n. 5c.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > school administration > [verb (transitive)] > punishment

to send up1857

impose1887

1887 J. R. Magrath Let. Very lately a man was imposed for having missed chapel.

5. To obtrude or ‘put’ (a thing) upon (a person) by false representations; to palm or pass off.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > dispose of fraudulently

put1603

to bob off1605

to put off1612

impose1650

palm1679

sham1681

cog1721

slur1749

pawn1763

to play off1768

to pass off1799

to work off1813

to stall off1819

to fob off1894

1650 J. Evelyn Mem. 14 Dec. An impostor..had like to have impos'd upon us a pretended secret of multiplying gold.

1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 1343 The God of truth would never have impowered them to impose such a cheat upon the World.

1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 2 Take care..that Southernwood-seed be not imposed upon you for this.

1738 T. Birch Life Milton I. App. 73 First inventing a Falshood, and then imposing it on the World.

c1740 Visct. Bolingbroke Idea Patriot King viii. 71 A silly Fellow can never impose himself for a Man of Sense.

1837 W. Wallace & R. Bell Hist. Eng. V. i. 1 Thus early was he familiar with the art of imposing decorum for morality.

II. intransitive. (Often with indirect passive).

6. To put oneself upon: in various senses.

a. To impose itself forcibly, authoritatively, or strikingly; to exert an influence on; to be of imposing character or appearance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > be affected by impression [verb (intransitive)] > have effect

to pierce one's stomach1509

reverberate1608

impose1625

bite1638

to strike home1694

to cut ice (with someone)1894

register1913

project1933

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 2 When it [sc. Truth] is found, it imposeth vpon mens Thoughts.

1669 S. Pepys Diary 30 Mar. (1976) IX. 503 They do think that I know too much and shall impose upon whomever shall come next, and therefore must be removed.

1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. Mar. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1693 If you engage his heart, you have a fair chance for imposing upon his understanding, and determining his will.

1881 J. Lubbock Addr. Brit. Assoc. in Nature No. 618. 411 Mechanism that imposes through its extreme simplicity.

1883 Lieut.-Col. Stewart in Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Nov. 1/1 The troops, if not very formidable in quality, still impose through their number.

†b. To encroach upon, to ‘put’ upon. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > be morally improper for [verb (transitive)] > infringe or encroach on

attaina1382

pinchc1400

accroach1423

usurp1447

to usurp on or upon1493

invade?1521

encroachc1534

jetc1590

enjamb1600

to trench on or upon1622

trench1631

trample1646

to gain on or upon1647

trespass1652

impose1667

impinge1758

infringe1769

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > exploit or take advantage of > specifically a person

to prey upon1610

impose1667

picaroon1681

live1712

to twirl (a person) round one's finger1748

to get over ——1784

exploit1838

to play (it) low down (on)1864

to avail upona1871

pole1906

to put on1958

1667 S. Pepys Diary 9 Jan. (1974) VIII. 10 There is no danger, in the passing this Bill, of imposing on his [sc. the King's] prerogative.

1694 A. Wood Let. June in Life (1894) III. 458 (note) Imposing upon a generous person and making him a ridicule to the company..because of his then growing infirmity.

a1718 W. Penn Wks. (1726) I. 448 No Man is so accountable to his fellow Creatures, as to be imposed upon, restrained, or persecuted for any Matter of Conscience whatever.

c. To intrude, presume upon; to take advantage of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > exploit or take advantage of

to take (the) advantagea1393

milk?1531

presume1580

to play upon ——1603

milch1614

to grow on or upona1616

play1656

impose1670

exploit1838

manipulate1862

over-exploit1899

slug1946

to get over1979

1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon Ded. I should not otherwise..have presum'd to impose upon your Protection.

1883 C. J. Wills In Land of Lion & Sun 46 An idle ‘vagrom’ man, who lives by imposing on the good nature of others.

1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere I. i. iv. 88 She wished her son to impose upon her when it came to his taking any serious step in life.

7. To put a tax, to levy an impost (upon). ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > levy (a tax) [verb (transitive)] > tax (a person or thing)

layc1330

tailc1330

taxc1330

scot1432

patise1436

sess1465

task1483

assessa1513

cessa1513

lot1543

toust1565

imposea1618

talliate1762

a1618 W. Raleigh Prerogatiue Parl. (1628) 51 To Impose upon all things brought into the Kingdome is very ancient.

1642 Ord. Parl. Tonnage & P. 11 To restraine the Crowne from imposing upon the people without their consent.

1642 in Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion (1702) I. v. 369 Desire a Bill, the only Good Old way of imposing on our subjects.

1871 R. Browning Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau 124 Who scores a septett true for strings and wind Mulcted must be—else how should I impose Properly?

8. To practise imposture; with upon, on, to cheat or deceive by false representations.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)]

deceivec1330

defraud1362

falsec1374

abuse?a1439

fraud1563

visure1570

cozen1583

coney-catch1592

to fetch in1592

cheat1597

sell1607

mountebanka1616

dabc1616

nigglea1625

to put it on1625

shuffle1627

cuckold1644

to put a cheat on1649

tonya1652

fourbe1654

imposturea1659

impose1662

slur1664

knap1665

to pass upon (also on)1673

snub1694

ferret1699

nab1706

shool1745

humbug1750

gag1777

gudgeon1787

kid1811

bronze1817

honeyfuggle1829

Yankee1837

middle1863

fuck1866

fake1867

skunk1867

dead-beat1888

gold-brick1893

slicker1897

screw1900

to play it1901

to do in1906

game1907

gaff1934

scalp1939

sucker1939

sheg1943

swizz1961

butt-fuck1979

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. ii. §9 The great reason the world hath been so long time imposed upon with varieties of books going under the name of Hermes Trismegistus.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 300. ⁋2 There are some so weak as to be imposed upon by fine Things and false Addresses.

1791 T. Paine Rights of Man 143 It can be of no real service to a Nation, to impose upon itself, or to permit itself to be imposed upon.

1873 H. Rogers Superhuman Origin Bible (1875) i. 4 The counterfeit must have some resemblance to the genuine, else it would impose on nobody.

Derivatives

imˈposed adj. in the various senses of the verb; also imposed-upon: see sense 8 above.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [adjective] > placed on or in contact with a surface

imposed1630

applied1642

society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > imposing > imposed

seta1300

joinedc1475

imposed1630

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [adjective] > fooled, duped

foolified1584

fool-taken1608

cozened1610

gullified1624

gulled1647

sweet1673

bubbled1681

bilked1682

imposed-upon1706

cheated1709

duped1756

pigeoned1777

swindled1809

thimblerigged1840

befooled1842

bamboozled1866

spoofed1958

dicked1972

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [adjective] > taxed

assessed1552

taxed1552

imposed1847

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 134 The imposed buildings [on London bridge], being so many, and so beautifull.

1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 139 To transplant them [words] to an artificiall, and imposed sense.

1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino Pref. p. xv They obtain'd so much upon the subjected Minds of the Poor-imposed-upon-Multitude.

1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids 217 It generally consists of four stones, three upright and one imposed.

1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxxiii. 318 Of the nineteen silver-paying satrapies, the most heavily imposed was Babylonia.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	impose
释义	† imposen. Etymology: < impose v. Obsolete. rare. The imposition or laying on of a charge, duty, or task. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > imposition of a duty, charge, or task imposition1593 impose1605 imposing1610 imposal1641 imposement1664 imposure1683 society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > compelling acceptance of or imposition imposition1593 impose1605 imposal1641 imposement1664 imposure1683 1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. C4 But this impose is nothing, honourd King. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. iii. 8 According to your Ladiships impose, I am thus early come. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). imposev. Brit. /ɪmˈpəʊz/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpoʊz/ Forms: Also 1500s empose. Etymology: < French impose-r (1302 in Godefroy), earlier en-, emposer (11th cent. in Littré), < em- , im- (im- prefix¹) + poser , taken as representation of Latin impōnĕre : see compose v., pose v.¹ Introduced first in special senses, e.g. 3, 2b; the general sense being expressed by native words. I. transitive. 1. a. To lay on or set on; to place or set in a position; to put, place, or deposit. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > in contact with a surface layc950 set971 input1382 immotec1420 impone1529 impose1598 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 16/2 The Chirurgiane [shall] impose the foresayed guttes agayne into their places..imposing or layinge the hande one the wounde. 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 37/2 Impose therin linnen cloutes. ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xiii. 207 She impos'd a stone Close to the cauernes mouth. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xvii. 7 It was here likewise..that Xerxes imposed a stupendous bridge of boats. 1867 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Æneis 318 The mourners..on the tepid ground imposed more earth. b. Ecclesiastical. To lay on hands in blessing, or in ordination, confirmation, etc. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > ordination > ordain [verb (transitive)] hallowc900 hodec1275 sacrec1290 ordainc1300 orderc1330 consecrate1387 sanctify1390 canonize1393 to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)a1400 consacrea1492 ensacrea1492 ordinate1508 impose1582 japan1756 1582 Bible (Rheims) Mark x. 16 And imposing hands vpon them, he blessed them. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxvi. 168 When Israell blessed..Iosephs sonnes, he imposed vpon them his hands and prayed. 1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy xxxii. 175 Bishops had a power of imposing hands, for collating of Orders, which Presbyters have not. 1658 J. Bramhall Consecration Protestant Bishops Justified viii. 176 What Priests did impose hands upon me. c. To place in command or office; to appoint or set up authoritatively. Now rare or Obsolete except as associated with 4. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] setc1000 stevenOE assign1297 inseta1300 stable1300 ordaina1325 instituec1384 to put ina1387 limitc1405 point?1405 stablish1439 institutec1475 invest1489 assumec1503 to fill the hands of1535 establish1548 settle1548 appoint1557 place1563 assumptc1571 dispose1578 seat1595 state1604 instate1613 to bring ina1616 officea1616 constitute1616 impose1617 ascribe1624 install1647 to set up1685 prick1788 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 57 And would be ready, after putting off the person which now was imposed on him, with much contentment to be commaunded by his Lordship. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 78 They have a Generall..who deposeth, or imposeth Magistrates. 1682 Modest Enq. Election Sheriffs London 20 So ungrateful a thing hath it always been to the People of England, to have Sheriffs imposed upon, and set over them, otherwise than according to the course and direction of the Law. d. Printing. To lay pages of type or stereotype plates on the imposing-stone or the bed of a press, and secure them in a chase, in such order that the printed pages shall follow each other in proper order when the sheet is folded. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > composing > compose [verb (transitive)] > assemble or arrange in chase impose1652 lock1683 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον Ep. Liminary sig. A8^v His [sc. the setter's] plenishing of the gally, and imposing of the form. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Impositor, the Impositor or Monitor in a School; also he that imposes the pages into a Form for the Press. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 122/2 Imposing, is the placing of the Pages that belong to a Sheet, within the Chase..in order, that when the Sheet is wrought off..all the Pages may be foulded into an orderly succession. 1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. xiv. 495 The compositor who imposes a sheet must correct the chargeable proof of that sheet. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1172/1 18, 24, 32 and 48mo. may be imposed in a similar manner, or may be so imposed as to be cut before folding. 2. figurative. a. In general sense: to put, place; to place authoritatively. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] doeOE layc950 seta1000 puta1225 dight1297 pilt?a1300 stow1362 stick1372 bestowc1374 affichea1382 posec1385 couchc1386 dressa1387 assize1393 yarkc1400 sita1425 place1442 colloque1490 siegea1500 stake1513 win1515 plat1529 collocate1548 campc1550 posit1645 posture1645 constitute1652 impose1681 sist1852 shove1902 spot1937 1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon 50 In whose service he imposeth greater confidence. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. iv. 154 Lally had now..imposed upon the English so much respect, as deterred them from the siege. b. To apply authoritatively or bestow (a name or title) upon, on, †to. (In quots. c1500, ?1566 with inverted construction.) Now associated with 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > give (a name) setc1000 shapeOE to lay onc1450 imposec1500 clap1609 c1500 Melusine (1895) xix. 102 He was soone baptised and imposed to name Edon. ?1566 J. Alday tr. P. Boaistuau Theatrum Mundi sig. A vij If thou wilt impose this worke a rapsodie, collation or gathering..thou shalt doe it no wrong. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. viii. sig. T4 To proue her surname true, that she imposed has. View more context for this quotation 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 105 Rivers also have imposed names to some men. 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. vii. 36 The names, which the Phenicians imposed on those places. 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 294 The name was imposed antecedent to his birth. 1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. ix. 214 The native names were altered, and new titles imposed by the Israelites. †c. To put authoritatively (an end, conclusion, etc.) to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > bring to an end or conclude [verb (transitive)] > put (an end or conclusion) to impose?1541 ?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Hj, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens We wyl shew y^e reason & maner to heale..than we wyl impose the ende of this fourth boke. 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Life Agricola in tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. 258 To fifty yeares trauayles let this day impose a glorious conclusion. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xxiv. 708 Before they had imposed the crown To these solemnities. †3. To lay (a crime, etc.) to the account of; to impute, charge. Obsolete. (The earliest recorded use.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > lay to one's charge, impute witec893 challenge1297 weena1300 to bear upon —c1300 likenc1400 layc1425 to put upa1438 object1447 establish1483 impose1484 reproach1490 annotea1513 lade1535 appoint1553 burden1559 clap1609 to charge (a fault, etc.) on, upon, against (a person)1611 upcast1825 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope 2 b How he excused hym of that was imposed to hym. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xxii. sig. ddij In besechynge the herers that they be not euyll dysposed or euyll content of the imposaunt, for he ymagyned to haue power to proue cryme that he imposed. 1605 M. Drayton Poems sig. Gg3^v On him, the King..Impos'd my Death. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 149 The imputation of his wickednesse..should be imposed vpon his Father that sent him. View more context for this quotation 1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. a5 It were a matter to impose as a charge upon the Author of such a Treatise. 4. a. To lay on, as something to be borne, endured, or submitted to; to inflict (something) on or upon; to levy or enforce authoritatively or arbitrarily. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > impose setc888 layOE to lay on11.. enjoin?c1225 join1303 adjoina1325 cark1330 taxa1375 puta1382 impose1581 aggravate1583 fasten1585 clap1609 levy1863 octroy1865 society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > force or impose something upon to lay on11.. join1303 taxa1375 intruse?a1500 oversetc1500 beforcec1555 impose1581 threap1582 fasten1585 intrude1592 thrust1597 enforcea1616 forcea1616 entail1670 top1682 trump1694 push1723 coerce1790 press1797 inflict1809 levy1863 octroy1865 wish1915 1581 in N. Riding Rec. (1894) New Ser. I. 250 And further that the said Empryngham at an Admyrall Court dyd sett and empose greate and grevouse Fynes. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 826 Impose some seruice on me for thy Loue. View more context for this quotation 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 111 They..impose vpon the people all kinde of iniuries. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. iv. 31 What Fates impose, that men must needs abide. View more context for this quotation 1688 J. Bunyan Good News for Vilest of Men 59 These bloody Letters was not imposed upon me. I went to the High Priest and desired them of him. 1712 A. Pope tr. Statius First Bk. Thebais in Misc. Poems 29 On Impious Realms..impose Thy Plagues. 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. vii. 112 To impose on a Child to get by Heart a long Scroll of unknown Phrases or Words. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 159 Pretending to abhor tests, he had himself imposed a test. 1854 J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1885) lxi. 471/1 [Alexander said] We have no wish to impose the Bourbons on the French people. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 58 Minos..imposed upon the Athenians a cruel tribute. b. with double object (originally dative of person and accusative of the thing). ΚΠ 1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. F3^v For your sake I will impose him dangers, Such and so great. 1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent vi. 533 Cardinall Crescentius..was wont..to impose them silence. 1810 tr. Libertine Husband I. 52 Her admirer, Dorville, was imposed silence. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iv. 222 Before the servant be imposed a task. c. To put or levy (a tax, price, etc.) on or upon (goods, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > levy (a tax) [verb (transitive)] taxc1290 araisec1386 levy1388 raise1389 cess1495 fine1570 cut1596 impose1600 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 18 They imposed a newe custome upon the salt. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 228 [He] petitioned him he would bestow upon him the captive Princesse, or vouchsafe to impose a ransom on her. 1670 R. Coke Disc. Trade 15 To impose what wages they please upon their labours. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. ii. 601 That the Crown had the right to impose duties on foreign merchandise. d. To put or subject (a person, etc.) to a penalty, observance, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [verb (transitive)] > render liable to undercast1382 pain1516 impose1568 penalize1854 sanction1956 1568 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1619) 610 It is as necessary for the Courtier..to impose his tongue to silence. ?1594 H. Constable Diana (new ed.) vii. vi. sig. F Thus long impos'd to euerlasting plaining. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 265 Impose me to what penance your inuention Can lay vpon my sinne. View more context for this quotation e. University slang or School slang. To punish (a person) by an imposition: see imposition n. 5c. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > school administration > [verb (transitive)] > punishment to send up1857 impose1887 1887 J. R. Magrath Let. Very lately a man was imposed for having missed chapel. 5. To obtrude or ‘put’ (a thing) upon (a person) by false representations; to palm or pass off. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > dispose of fraudulently put1603 to bob off1605 to put off1612 impose1650 palm1679 sham1681 cog1721 slur1749 pawn1763 to play off1768 to pass off1799 to work off1813 to stall off1819 to fob off1894 1650 J. Evelyn Mem. 14 Dec. An impostor..had like to have impos'd upon us a pretended secret of multiplying gold. 1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 1343 The God of truth would never have impowered them to impose such a cheat upon the World. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 2 Take care..that Southernwood-seed be not imposed upon you for this. 1738 T. Birch Life Milton I. App. 73 First inventing a Falshood, and then imposing it on the World. c1740 Visct. Bolingbroke Idea Patriot King viii. 71 A silly Fellow can never impose himself for a Man of Sense. 1837 W. Wallace & R. Bell Hist. Eng. V. i. 1 Thus early was he familiar with the art of imposing decorum for morality. II. intransitive. (Often with indirect passive). 6. To put oneself upon: in various senses. a. To impose itself forcibly, authoritatively, or strikingly; to exert an influence on; to be of imposing character or appearance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > be affected by impression [verb (intransitive)] > have effect to pierce one's stomach1509 reverberate1608 impose1625 bite1638 to strike home1694 to cut ice (with someone)1894 register1913 project1933 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 2 When it [sc. Truth] is found, it imposeth vpon mens Thoughts. 1669 S. Pepys Diary 30 Mar. (1976) IX. 503 They do think that I know too much and shall impose upon whomever shall come next, and therefore must be removed. 1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. Mar. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1693 If you engage his heart, you have a fair chance for imposing upon his understanding, and determining his will. 1881 J. Lubbock Addr. Brit. Assoc. in Nature No. 618. 411 Mechanism that imposes through its extreme simplicity. 1883 Lieut.-Col. Stewart in Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Nov. 1/1 The troops, if not very formidable in quality, still impose through their number. †b. To encroach upon, to ‘put’ upon. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > be morally improper for [verb (transitive)] > infringe or encroach on attaina1382 pinchc1400 accroach1423 usurp1447 to usurp on or upon1493 invade?1521 encroachc1534 jetc1590 enjamb1600 to trench on or upon1622 trench1631 trample1646 to gain on or upon1647 trespass1652 impose1667 impinge1758 infringe1769 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > exploit or take advantage of > specifically a person to prey upon1610 impose1667 picaroon1681 live1712 to twirl (a person) round one's finger1748 to get over ——1784 exploit1838 to play (it) low down (on)1864 to avail upona1871 pole1906 to put on1958 1667 S. Pepys Diary 9 Jan. (1974) VIII. 10 There is no danger, in the passing this Bill, of imposing on his [sc. the King's] prerogative. 1694 A. Wood Let. June in Life (1894) III. 458 (note) Imposing upon a generous person and making him a ridicule to the company..because of his then growing infirmity. a1718 W. Penn Wks. (1726) I. 448 No Man is so accountable to his fellow Creatures, as to be imposed upon, restrained, or persecuted for any Matter of Conscience whatever. c. To intrude, presume upon; to take advantage of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > exploit or take advantage of to take (the) advantagea1393 milk?1531 presume1580 to play upon ——1603 milch1614 to grow on or upona1616 play1656 impose1670 exploit1838 manipulate1862 over-exploit1899 slug1946 to get over1979 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon Ded. I should not otherwise..have presum'd to impose upon your Protection. 1883 C. J. Wills In Land of Lion & Sun 46 An idle ‘vagrom’ man, who lives by imposing on the good nature of others. 1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere I. i. iv. 88 She wished her son to impose upon her when it came to his taking any serious step in life. 7. To put a tax, to levy an impost (upon). ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > levy (a tax) [verb (transitive)] > tax (a person or thing) layc1330 tailc1330 taxc1330 scot1432 patise1436 sess1465 task1483 assessa1513 cessa1513 lot1543 toust1565 imposea1618 talliate1762 a1618 W. Raleigh Prerogatiue Parl. (1628) 51 To Impose upon all things brought into the Kingdome is very ancient. 1642 Ord. Parl. Tonnage & P. 11 To restraine the Crowne from imposing upon the people without their consent. 1642 in Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion (1702) I. v. 369 Desire a Bill, the only Good Old way of imposing on our subjects. 1871 R. Browning Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau 124 Who scores a septett true for strings and wind Mulcted must be—else how should I impose Properly? 8. To practise imposture; with upon, on, to cheat or deceive by false representations. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] deceivec1330 defraud1362 falsec1374 abuse?a1439 fraud1563 visure1570 cozen1583 coney-catch1592 to fetch in1592 cheat1597 sell1607 mountebanka1616 dabc1616 nigglea1625 to put it on1625 shuffle1627 cuckold1644 to put a cheat on1649 tonya1652 fourbe1654 imposturea1659 impose1662 slur1664 knap1665 to pass upon (also on)1673 snub1694 ferret1699 nab1706 shool1745 humbug1750 gag1777 gudgeon1787 kid1811 bronze1817 honeyfuggle1829 Yankee1837 middle1863 fuck1866 fake1867 skunk1867 dead-beat1888 gold-brick1893 slicker1897 screw1900 to play it1901 to do in1906 game1907 gaff1934 scalp1939 sucker1939 sheg1943 swizz1961 butt-fuck1979 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. ii. §9 The great reason the world hath been so long time imposed upon with varieties of books going under the name of Hermes Trismegistus. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 300. ⁋2 There are some so weak as to be imposed upon by fine Things and false Addresses. 1791 T. Paine Rights of Man 143 It can be of no real service to a Nation, to impose upon itself, or to permit itself to be imposed upon. 1873 H. Rogers Superhuman Origin Bible (1875) i. 4 The counterfeit must have some resemblance to the genuine, else it would impose on nobody. Derivatives imˈposed adj. in the various senses of the verb; also imposed-upon: see sense 8 above. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [adjective] > placed on or in contact with a surface imposed1630 applied1642 society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > imposing > imposed seta1300 joinedc1475 imposed1630 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [adjective] > fooled, duped foolified1584 fool-taken1608 cozened1610 gullified1624 gulled1647 sweet1673 bubbled1681 bilked1682 imposed-upon1706 cheated1709 duped1756 pigeoned1777 swindled1809 thimblerigged1840 befooled1842 bamboozled1866 spoofed1958 dicked1972 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [adjective] > taxed assessed1552 taxed1552 imposed1847 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 134 The imposed buildings [on London bridge], being so many, and so beautifull. 1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 139 To transplant them [words] to an artificiall, and imposed sense. 1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino Pref. p. xv They obtain'd so much upon the subjected Minds of the Poor-imposed-upon-Multitude. 1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids 217 It generally consists of four stones, three upright and one imposed. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxxiii. 318 Of the nineteen silver-paying satrapies, the most heavily imposed was Babylonia. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1605v.1484
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