To lay (something burdensome) upon; to impose or inflict (a penalty, tax, etc.) upon. Obsolete.

To impose (a penalty, command, obligation, burden, tax, etc.). Const. on, upon, (†to). (See also load, n.)

transitive. To impose (an injunction, penalty, tax); †to bestow (a name) upon. (In early use with dative pronoun as in 2.)

In early use: To impose (a penalty, task, duty, or obligation); said esp. of a spiritual director (to enjoin penance, etc.). Hence in modern use…

transitive. To enjoin or impose (penance, a task, etc.) upon a person. Const. to (the person), or with simple dative. = enjoin, v. 2.

transitive. To enjoin (in various senses); to charge; to impose. Obsolete.

transitive. To load, burden; also, to charge or impose as a charge upon. Obsolete.

To impose, ordain, prescribe (a thing) to a person; also, to order (a person) to or to do something. Obsolete.

transitive. With on, upon. See also phrases 4, to put on —— at phrasal verbs 2, and put-upon, adj. To impose (a burden, obligation, hardship…

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.

transitive. To load or heap (something onerous) upon (also on). Obsolete.

transitive. With preposition (chiefly on, upon). To impose (something, esp. something unwelcome) on a person; (reflexive) to impose oneself on a…

figurative. To impose as with authority. (Cf. quot. 1712 at sense 10a.) figurative. To impose or lay (a liability, action, writ, duty, etc.); to…

To impose (service) upon; to require (a person's) attendance.

transitive. To impose by authority, to dictate. rare.