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Imposing

verb
/ɪmˈpəʊzɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 5.6

Definitions

1.verbTo establish or apply by authority.
"Congress imposed new tariffs."
2.verbTo be an inconvenience (on or upon)
"I don't wish to impose upon you."
3.verbTo enforce: compel to behave in a certain way
"Social relations impose courtesy"
4.verbTo practice a trick or deception (on or upon).
5.verbTo lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
6.verbTo 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.
7.adjectiveMagnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity.

Synonyms

statelydignifieddistinguishedimpressivenoblemagisterialbaronialcompellinglargemassiveforceobliging

Rhymes With

closingopposingdozingcomposingjuxtaposingdisclosingposingexposing
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