impose
To apply, enforce, or establish (something, often regarded as burdensome as a restriction or tax: see verb sense 1.2.2) with authority.
Verb 4 meanings
To apply, enforce, or establish (something, often regarded as burdensome as a restriction or tax: see verb sense 1.2.2) with authority.
“Congress imposed new tariffs.”
To place or put (something chiefly immaterial, especially something regarded as burdensome as a duty, an encumbrance, a penalty, etc.) on another thing or on someone; to inflict, to repose; also, to place or put (on someone a chiefly immaterial thing, especially something regarded as burdensome).
“Social relations impose courtesy.”
To force or put (a thing) on someone or something by deceit or stealth; to foist, to obtrude.
To subject (a student) to imposition (“a task inflicted as punishment”).
Etymology
The verb is derived from Late Middle English imposen (“to place, set; to impose (a duty, etc.)”), borrowed from Middle French imposer, and Old French emposer, enposer (“to impose (a duty, tax, etc.
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IMPOSE at a glance
IMPOSE has 6 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (I 1 + M 3 + P 3 + O 1 + S 1 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,925 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with impose
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- IMPONE10
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