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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
imposing
adj 1: impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an
imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking
policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"
[syn: baronial, imposing, noble, stately]
2: used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an
eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's
imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty" [syn:
distinguished, grand, imposing, magisterial]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Impose \Im*pose"\, 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.
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Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose
Within a wicker basket. --Chapman.
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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.
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What fates impose, that men must needs abide.
--Shak.
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Death is the penalty imposed. --Milton.
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Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws. --Waller.
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3. (Eccl.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of
confirmation and ordination.
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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.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Imposing \Im*pos"ing\, a.
1. Laying as a duty; enjoining.
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2. Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as,
an imposing air; an imposing spectacle. "Large and
imposing edifices." --Bp. Hobart.
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3. Deceiving; deluding; misleading.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Imposing \Im*pos"ing\, n. (Print.)
The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a
sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4.
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Imposing stone (Print.), the stone on which the pages or
columns of types are imposed or made into forms; -- called
also imposing table.
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Thesaurus Results for Imposing:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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