Imposed
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
imposed
adj 1: set forth authoritatively as obligatory; "the imposed
taxation"; "rules imposed by society"
from
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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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "imposed":
absolute, binding, compulsory, conclusive, decisive, decretory,
dictated, entailed, final, hard-and-fast, imperative, irrevocable,
mandated, mandatory, must, obligatory, peremptory, prescript,
prescriptive, required, ultimate, without appeal
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