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Meaning
Verb
●
To
establish
or
apply
by authority.
●
To be an
inconvenience
. (on or upon)
●
To
enforce
:
compel
to
behave
in a certain way.
●
To
practice
a
trick
or
deception
(on or upon).
●
To
lay on
, as the
hands
, in the
religious
rites
of
confirmation
and ordination.
●
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.
●
To place an
encumbrance
or
burden
on.
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Origin
impose
English
imposer
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Sourced from
Etym
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Enforce
Inflict
Enact
Foist
Legislate
Infringe
Uphold
Implement
Levy
Invoke
Exert
Introduce
Enshrine
Violate
Force
Apply
Incur
Confer
Bestow
Establish
Accept
Justify
Adopt
Create
Reflect
Constitute
Institute
Restrict
Place
Face
Assert
Challenge
Bear
Abolish
Imply
Represent
Override
Entail
Grant
Employ
Ignore
Raise
Deny
Exercise
Induce
Govern
Pursue
Carry
Depend
Eliminate
Express
Follow
Extend
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Undermine
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Rhymes
Os
Lows
Foes
Does
Rose
Bros
Doze
Bows
Roes
Rows
Joes
Hoes
Joes
Owes
Goes
Pose
Toes
Nose
Hose
Tows
Jose
Mows
Grows
Chose
Prose
Beaux
Knows
Frows
Those
Blows
Croze
Snows
Glows
Slows
Arose
Close
Froze
Stows
Spose
Shows
Impose
S'Pose
NivôSe
Expose
Doughs
Depose
Repose
Oppose
Throws
Enclose
Clothes
Suppose
Propose
Compose
Apollos
Follows
Hollows
VentôSe
Reclose
Fallows
Dispose
Reflows
Windows
Fellows
Adipose
Hallows
Swallows
Disclose
Juxtapose
Foreclose
Decompose
Interpose
Thoroughs
Presuppose
Foredispose
Counterpose
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