[im.pose] vb im.posed ; im.pos.ing [MF imposer, fr. L imponere, lit., to put upon (perf. indic. imposui), fr. in- + ponere to put--more at position] vt (1581) 1 a: to establish or apply by authority "~ a tax" "~ new restrictions" "~ penalties" b: to establish or bring about as if by force "those limits imposed by our own inadequacies --C. H. Plimpton"
2. a: place, set b: to arrange (as pages) in the proper order for printing
3: pass off "~ fake antiques on the public"
4: to force into the company or on the attention of another "~ oneself on others" ~ vi: to take unwarranted advantage of something "imposed on his good nature" -- im.pos.er n