imposed upon

verb (used with object)

to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.

to put or set by or as if by authority: to impose one's personal preference on others.

to obtrude or thrust (oneself, one's company, etc.) upon others.

to pass or palm off fraudulently or deceptively: He imposed his pretentious books on the public.

Printing. to lay (type pages, plates, etc.) in proper order on an imposing stone or the like and secure in a chase for printing.

to lay on or inflict, as a penalty.

Archaic. to put or place on something, or in a particular place.

Obsolete. to lay on (the hands) ceremonially, as in confirmation or ordination.

verb (used without object)

to make an impression on the mind; impose one's or its authority or influence.

10.

to obtrude oneself or one's requirements, as upon others: Are you sure my request doesn't impose?

11.

to presume, as upon patience or good nature.

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Verb phrases

12.

impose onupon,

to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude.

to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.).

to defraud; cheat; deceive: A study recently showed the shocking number of confidence men that impose on the public.

Origin:
1475–85; late Middle English < Middle French imposer, equivalent to im- im-¹ + poser to pose¹; see also pose²

Related forms

im·pos·a·ble, adjective

im·pos·er, noun

o·ver·im·pose, verb (used with object), o·ver·im·posed, o·ver·im·pos·ing.

pre·im·pose, verb (used with object), pre·im·posed, pre·im·pos·ing.

re·im·pose, verb, re·im·posed, re·im·pos·ing.

sub·im·posed, adjective

un·im·posed, adjective

well-im·posed, adjective

Synonyms
3. force, foist.

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World English Dictionary

impose (ɪmˈpəʊz)

—vb (usually foll by on or upon)
1.	(tr) to establish as something to be obeyed or complied with; enforce: to impose a tax on the people
2.	to force (oneself, one's presence, etc) on another or others; obtrude
3.	(intr) to take advantage, as of a person or quality: to impose on someone's kindness
4.	(tr) printing to arrange pages so that after printing and folding the pages will be in the correct order
5.	(tr) to pass off deceptively; foist: to impose a hoax on someone
6.	(tr) (of a bishop or priest) to lay (the hands) on the head of a candidate for certain sacraments

[C15: from Old French imposer, from Latin impōnere to place upon, from pōnere to place, set]

im'posable

—*adj*

im'poser

—n

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Word Origin & History

impose

late 15c., "to lay (a crime, etc.) to the account of," from M.Fr. imposer, from in- "into" + poser "put, place" (see pose). Sense of "to lay on as a burden" first recorded 1580s.

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"The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich. Consequently, the modern poor are not pitied ... but written off as trash. The twentieth-century consumer economy has produced the first culture for which a beggar is a reminder of nothing."

-John Berger

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