v.
- force to be accepted, done, or complied with.
-
(usu. impose on)
take advantage of someone.
- Printing arrange (pages of type) so as to be in the correct order after printing and folding.
Etymology
C15 (earlier (ME) as imposition): from Fr. imposer, from L. imponere ‘inflict, deceive’, but influenced by impositus ‘inflicted’ and OFr. poser ‘to place’.