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Impose

Definitions: Impose

Impose

Verb

1. Compel or impose; "Social relations impose courtesy".

2. Impose something unpleasant: "The principal visited his rage on the students".

3. Impose and collect; "levy a fine".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "impose" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Synonyms: Impose

Synonyms: bring down (v), enforce (v), inflict (v), levy (v), visit (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Impose

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Command

Prescribe, set, appoint, mark out; set a task, prescribe a task, impose a task; set to work, put in requisition.

Bid, enjoin, charge, call upon, instruct; require at the hands of; exact, impose, tax, task; demand; insist on; (compel).

Credulity

Impose upon; (deceive).

Deception

Impose upon, practice upon, play upon, put upon, palm off on, palm upon, foist upon; snatch a verdict; bluff off, bluff; bunko, four flush, gum, spoof, stuff (a ballot box).

Duty

Impose a duty; Noun: enjoin, require, exact; bind, bind over; saddle with, prescribe, assign, call upon, look to, oblige.

Respect

Command respect, inspire respect; awe, inspire awe, impose, overawe, dazzle.

Wrong

Do wrong; Noun: be inequitable; Adjective: favor, lean towards; encroach upon, impose upon; reap where one has not sown; give an inch and take an ell, give an inch and take an mile; rob Peter to pay Paul.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Impose

English words defined with "impose": blockade, bring down, burdencharge, clamp, clamp down, CullyEncharge, enforce, entailFee-faw-fum, fine, forcegovernimplicate, inflictJudaizelay, levymulct, Mumporderpenal, penalise, penalize, Provost marshal, punishregularize, regulate, reimposesaddle, seal off, Stickthrust, To blear the eye of, To impose on, To put onUnlawvisit. (references)
Specialty definitions using "impose": administrative fine, administrative law judge, Agricultural Adjustment Act Amendment of 1935CONTROL-PANEL TESTERDirectory Information Tree structure rule, DIT structure rule, drill collarfree softwareGAGGERS, Gloriana, Goffin, gravity feedHEAD-headMask, Most-favored-nation treatmentNoxious weedsOriginal orderPUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE OFFICERSafeguards, import, Scan-EDF, Section 22, software patent, Standards, State Mandate, Sugar price support programterm deposit, TO BAMBOOZLE. (references)
Etymologies containing "impose": impost, IMPOSTOR. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Impose" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (imposes).

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Modern Usage: Impose

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Should you stand before me again, I shall not hesitate to impose a custodial sentence. (Trainspotting; writing credit: John Hodge. Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh.)

Excuse me. I don't mean to impose, but I am the Ocean. (The Salton Sea; writing credit: Tony Gayton)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Impose

DomainTitle

Books

  • Camus' Answer: 'No' to the Western Pharisees Who Impose Reason on Reality (reference)

  • Final Report Does the Death Penalty Impose Additional Costs on the Criminal Justice System: A Research Design (reference)

  • Henri de Navarre impose Henri IV : le manifeste de Saint-Paul, 10 aot 1585 (reference)

  • High seas driftnet fishing : hearing before the National Ocean Policy Study of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, on S. 884, to require the President to impose economic (reference)

  • Special Use and Conditional Use Districts: A Way to Impose More Specific Zoning Controls (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: Impose

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

When any one, or more, shall take upon them to make laws, whom the people have not appointed so to do, they make laws without authority, which the people are not therefore bound to obey; by which means they come again to be out of subjection, and may constitute to themselves a new legislative, as they think best, being in full liberty to resist the force of those, who without authority would impose any thing upon them. (Second Treatise of Government)

Marbury v. Madison

1803

How immoral to impose it on them, if they were to be used as the instruments, and the knowing instruments, for violating what they swear to support! (reference)

Communist Manifesto

1848

And here it becomes evident, that the bourgeoisie is unfit any longer to be the ruling class in society, and to impose its conditions of existence upon society as an over-riding law. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

Germany will not maintain or impose any prohibition or restriction on the exportation of any goods sent from her territory to any one of the Allied or Associated States which shall not equally extend to the exportation of the like goods, natural products or manufactured articles, sent to any other such State or to any other foreign country. (reference)

Winston S. Churchill

1946

God has willed that this shall not be and we have at least a breathing space to set our house in order before this peril has to be encountered: and even then, if no effort is spared, we should still possess so formidable a superiority as to impose effective deterrents upon its employment, or threat of employment, by others. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Impose

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

To impose his galleys upon these two dazzling children, or to consummate by himself his irremediable engulfment.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Impose

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The muscular dystrophies impose enormous burdens on people with these disorders and on their families. (references)

Business

There will be no upper limit on the fines the regulator can impose. (references)

Some tenders may impose language related to the Arab League Boycott of Israel. (references)

Pakistan does not impose any marking or labeling requirements for products within this sector. (references)

Children

Ghana

In practice schools impose fees of up to $50 (335,000 cedis) per term, and students also must purchase uniforms and books. (references)

Suriname

School attendance is free; however, most public schools impose a nominal enrollment fee, ranging from $4 to $24 (Sf10,000 to Sf60,000) a year. (references)

Lebanon

The amendments also impose a new building code for all government buildings and require that public transportation be accessible for persons with disabilities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Italy

Courts are sensitive to criticism and impose fines for defamation. (references)

Cuba

It is highly unusual for police to impose house arrest in a domestic dispute. (references)

India

During periods of civil tension, the authorities may ban public assemblies or impose a curfew under the Criminal Procedure Code. (references)

Economic History

Guatemala

Guatemala does not impose performance, purchase, or export requirements. (references)

Israel

The GOI does not impose preferential policies on exports by foreign investors. (references)

Angola

The UN Security Council voted on August 28, 1997, to impose sanctions on UNITA. (references)

Human Rights

Eritrea

The traditional courts cannot impose sentences involving physical punishment. (references)

Pakistan

The testimony of four female witnesses, or that of a rape victim alone, is insufficient to impose Hadd punishments. (references)

Morocco

If the infraction is minor and not contested, the judge may order the defendant released or impose a light sentence. (references)

Minorities

Uzbekistan

The citizenship law does not impose language requirements for citizenship; however, the language issue remains very sensitive. (references)

Nigeria

Traditional linkages continued to impose considerable pressure on individual government officials to favor their own ethnic groups for important positions and patronage. (references)

Indonesia

Many of the country's religious minorities expressed growing concern over what they perceived to be increasing demands by certain Muslim groups to impose Shari'a law in the country. (references)

Political Economy

Hungary

Prosecutors and judges may impose what amounts to unlimited pretrial detention. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Authorities continued to impose some limits on freedom of assembly and association. (references)

Iraq

Saddam Hussein and his inner circle of supporters continued to impose arbitrary rule. (references)

Political Rights

Swaziland

Besides the Swazi Administration Act of 1998, chiefs traditionally are empowered by virtue of unwritten customary laws to impose fines and some form of punishment to their subjects. (references)

Trade

Slovak Rep

Slovakia does not impose export duties. (references)

Ecuador

Ecuador continues to impose certain formal and informal quantitative restrictions. (references)

Travel

Latvia

DUAL NATIONALITY: Dual nationals may be subject to Latvian laws, which impose special obligations. (references)

Ecuador

This provision of the law has been used to impose travel prohibitions against resident U.S. citizens, and also has led to the arrest and incarceration of U.S. business people while they were awaiting a hearing on the civil matter. (references)

Women

Bahamas

The court can and does impose various legal constraints to protect women from abusive spouses or companions. (references)

Worker Rights

Mauritania

Once all parties agree to arbitration, the committee may impose binding arbitration that automatically terminates any strike. (references)

France

In case of an impasse, government mediators may impose solutions that are binding unless formally rejected by either side within a week. (references)

Denmark

If the proposal is rejected, the Government may impose a legislated solution on the parties (usually based upon the mediators' proposal). (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

HEAD-:MONEY:, n. A capitation tax, or poll-tax. In ancient times there lived a king Whose tax-collectors could not wring From all his subjects gold enough To make the royal way less rough. For pleasure's highway, like the dames Whose premises adjoin it, claims Perpetual repairing. So The tax-collectors in a row Appeared before the throne to pray Their master to devise some way To swell the revenue. "So great," Said they, "are the demands of state A tithe of all that we collect Will scarcely meet them. Pray reflect: How, if one-tenth we must resign, Can we exist on t'other nine?" The monarch asked them in reply: "Has it occurred to you to try The advantage of economy?" "It has," the spokesman said: "we sold All of our gray garrotes of gold; With plated-ware we now compress The necks of those whom we assess. Plain iron forceps we employ To mitigate the miser's joy Who hoards, with greed that never tires, That which your Majesty requires." Deep lines of thought were seen to plow Their way across the royal brow. "Your state is desperate, no question; Pray favor me with a suggestion." "O King of Men," the spokesman said, "If you'll impose upon each head A tax, the augmented revenue We'll cheerfully divide with you." As flashes of the sun illume The parted storm-cloud's sullen gloom, The king smiled grimly. "I decree That it be so -- and, not to be In generosity outdone, Declare you, each and every one, Exempted from the operation Of this new law of capitation. But lest the people censure me Because they're bound and you are free, 'Twere well some clever scheme were laid By you this poll-tax to evade. I'll leave you now while you confer With my most trusted minister." The monarch from the throne-room walked And straightway in among them stalked A silent man, with brow concealed, Bare-armed -- his gleaming axe revealed! G.J.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Impose

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

James Monroe

1817-1825Foreign wars may again expose us to new wrongs, which would impose on us new duties for which we ought to be prepared.

Grover Cleveland

1885-1889; 1893-1897Our relations with the Indians located within our border impose upon us responsibilities we can not escape.

Richard Nixon

1969-1974Fifteen years ago North Vietnam, with the logistical support of Communist China and the Soviet Union, launched a campaign to impose a Communist government on South Vietnam by instigating and supporting a revolution.

Gerald Ford

1974-1977This program will impose burdens on all of us with the aim of reducing our consumption of energy and increasing our production.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981If we have a serious shortage, I will not hesitate to impose mandatory gasoline rationing immediately.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001The jobs they hold might otherwise be held by our citizens or legal immigrants, and the public services they use impose burdens on our taxpayers.

George W. Bush

2001-2005We fight, not to impose our will, but to defend ourselves and extend the blessings of freedom.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Impose

"Impose" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 82.10% of the time. "Impose" is used about 1,892 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)82.1%1,5535,283
Lexical Verb (base form)17.9%33915,555
                    Total100.00%1,892N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Impose

Expressions using "impose": impose a blockade impose a curfew impose a fine on smb. impose a penalty impose an embargo impose conditions impose liability impose on impose on smb. impose one's idea impose one's will impose oneself impose oneself on impose restrictions on impose sanction impose smth. on smb. impose taxes impose trade sanctions on impose upon To impose on to impose upon. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "impose": re-impose.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Impose

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

impose

6

impose super

5

impose law no purpose requirement retention sole there whose

2
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Modern Translations: Impose

Language Translations for "impose"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

imponoj (enforce, inflict, intrude, obtrude), (apply, attach, contract, deposit, direct, establish, get in, get on, inflict, instal, install, instate, lay, lay down, locate, mislay, place, plant, pull on, put, set, settle, shut, stand, station, stick, Stow), ngarkoj (attribute, burden, charge, commission, cumber, delegate, encumber, entrain, entruck, freight, impute, Lade, load, saddle, ship, weight), mashtroj (bamboozle, befool, beguile, besot, bilk, cheat, chicane, chisel, cozen, deceive, defalcate, defraud, delude, diddle, do, finagle, fleece, flimflam, fob, fool, fudge, gyp, hocus, hoodwink, hose, jockey, juggle, lead on, mislead, mump, nobble, overreach, palter, queer, ready up, shortchange, swindle, take advantage of, take for a ride), faqos (compose, page up). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فرض نفسه, ‏فرض عليه نفسه, ‏فرض (assess, commit, direct, enforcement, enjoin, force, impel, imposition, oblige, order, predicate, prescription, put, require), ‏تطفل (cadge, crash, gatecrash, horn, intrude, intrusion, meddle, mix in, nose, obtrude, obtrusion, parasitize, pry, snoop, snooping), ‏خدع (bamboozle, beguile, betray, bilk, bitch, bite, blind, bluff, brown, bubble, camouflage, catch, cheat, chisel, con, crook, deceive, deception, decoy, defraud, delude, diddle, do, dupe, entrap, fall for, feint, fiddle, fob, fool, fox, get round, give the lie to, gull, gyp, hoax, hocus pocus, humbug, illusory, intrigue, jape, job, leg pull, lure, mislead, mock, mystify, nick, overreach, pitch, play a trick, pose, prank, pull a fast one, pull his leg, ream, rook, sell, settle his hash, skin, skunk, slang, stick, string along, swank, swindle, take for a ride, take in, trick, victimize, wile), ‏إستغل (avail, exploit, follow up, harness, milk, presume, profiteer, quarry, take advantage of, tap, trade on). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

слагам (apply, deposit, fit in, fix, ground, implant, lay, lay down, pass, pitch, place, plank down, pop, posit, position, pull on, put, put down, put in, put on, put to, rest, run, set, sew on, ship, stand, stick, stick down, vat), връзвам на страници (make up in pages), натрапвам се (impose oneself, obsess, obtrude oneself), мамя (cozen, deceive, dupe, fiddle, flim-flam, gag, gouge, hocus, hoodwink, jockey, juggle, mock, play along, play possum with, rook, shark, stick, string along, take, twist, victimize), заблуждавам (abuse, deceive, delude, disorient, disorientate, flim-flam, misguide, mislead, mystify, outwit, stuff), пробутвам (foist, palm off, put off, put over, work off), правя впечатление (impress, kill, register, shine, strike), импонирам, използувам (apply, embrace, employ, exploit, impress, milk, play on, put on, put upon, seize, take advantage of, use, utilize). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

征" (levy), (imposed, imposing, Obtrusion). (various references)

   

Czech

  

uložit (bestow, collocate, deposit, ensconce, house, inflict, input, keep, land with, pack off, place, put to bed, save, seat, Stow). (various references)

   

Danish

  

udskyde. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

opdringen (force), forceren (force, forcing, spin forming, spinning, violate). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

trudi (force). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

noyða (force). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مالیات بستن بر (Assess, Excise, Levy, Scot), گرانبارکردن (Freight, Load, Overweigh), تحمیل کردن (Burden, Constrain, Inflict, Protrude, Saddle, Task), اعمال نفوذکردن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tyrkyttää (force, ply somebody with, press obtrude impose). (various references)

   

French

  

imposer (impel, impose upon), obliger, contraindre (impel, impress). (various references)

   

German

  

auferlegen (dictate, enjoin, imposition, inflict, lay, levy, to enjoin, to impose). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

επιβάλλω (enforce, establish, fine, inflict, institute, mete, necessitate, wreak). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לשים על, לאכוף (enforce), לכפות עצמו (impose oneself), ל" יח על (apply, superimpose). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

rátesz (put on, to impose, to put on, to superimpose, to superpose), kivet (assess, levy, to assess, to eject, to impose, to lay on, to levy, to rent, to throw off). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

menjatuhkan (overthrow). (various references)

   

Italian

  

ingannare (abuse, bamboozle, be mistaken, be wrong, beguile, bluff, cheat, cod, deceive, delude, do, dupe, fool, Fox, gull, hoax, hocus, hoodwink, kid, lie, mislead, stall, swindle, trick, trickery, victimise, victimize), imporre (assert oneself, be called for, be successful, become popular, call for, enforce, fix, force, impose oneself, intrude, lay down, levy, make, oblige, obtrude, order, push, raise, stand out), costringere (cause, coerce, compel, constrain, enforce, force, make, pin down, press gang, push, will), comporre la forma, appioppare. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

課する (to impose), 課す (to impose), 載せる (to give a ride, to impose on, to lettake part, to load, to mention, to place on, to publish, to record, to run, to take on board), 迷惑'掛ける (to annoy, to bother, to impose trouble), 科する (to impose, to inflict), 乗せる (to give a ride, to impose on, to lettake part, to load, to mention, to place on, to publish, to record, to run, to take on board), 付け込む (to impose on, to make an entry, to take advantage of), 付け入る (to impose on, to take advantage of). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

のせる (to give a ride, to impose on, to lettake part, to load, to mention, to place on, to publish, to record, to run, to take on board), つけいる (to impose on, to take advantage of), つけ"む (to impose on, to make an entry, to pickle a large amount, to take advantage of), かする (to be reduced, to become blurred, to change into, to convert into, to exploit, to graze, to impose, to improve, to inflict, to influence, to squeeze, to take a percentage, to touch lightly, to transform), かす (dregs, feces, refuse, scum, to be reduced, to change into, to convert to, to impose, to improve, to influence, to lend, to transform), めいわく'かける (to annoy, to bother, to impose trouble). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

부과하십시". (various references)

   

Manx

  

molley (baffle, bafflement, beguile, bluff, cajole, captivate, cheering, deceit, deceive, deception, disappoint, disappointment, foil, fool, imposition, trick), curmal (appoint, duty, enforce, enjoin, regulate), curmaghey (appoint, appointment, regulate, regulation), cur fo keesh, cur fo jaghee, cur er (affectation, affectedness, apply, ascribe, compel, devolve, don, imposition, induce, inflict, lead, oblige, on occasion, persuade, turn on). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

påtvinge (inflict), pålegge (enjoin, levy). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

imposeay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

impor (bind, command, enjoin, force, impress, inflict, lay on, penates, put on, sandbag, strike), obrigar (compel, constrain, determine, enforce, force, have, obligate, oblige, obliging, put). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

impune (assign, carry, compel, enforce, enjoin, entail, force, get, lay, lay on, protrude, rate, tax). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

верстать (make up in pages), впечатлять (impress, make an impression), обманывать (befool, beguile, bilk, cheat, deceive, deceiving, defraud, delude, disappoint, do, double cross, flimflam, fob, fool into thinking, gag, gull, hocus, hoodwink, jockey, juggle, kid, mump, practise deceit, practise deception, prey, pull a fast one, swindle, victimize), навязывать (force upon, inflict, obtrude), навязать. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

metnuti (perch, place, put, stow). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

imponer (deposit, enforce, enjoin, entail, exact, give, hand down, impose oneself, inflict, keep, lay, lay on, press, set, tax), poner (add, adjust, affix, alight, append, arrange, attach, bet, call, clap, connect, contribute, deposit, do, dress, drop, encase, enclose, entangle, expend, fasten, get down, get on, give, give in, impawn, inclose, insert, instal, install, invest, job, jug, kick out, land, lay, lay down, light, make, open, perform, place, play back, pose, post, provoke, put, put down, put into, put on, put out, put through, put up, raise, read, send, set, set up, slip on, stake, stand, start, stick, stick down, Stow, suppose, switch on, tag on, take, take along, throw in, translate, turn on, wear), hacer aceptar (carry, push through, put across, put over, put through, sell), ajustar (adjust, align, bring into position, displace, doctor, engage, fit, make a contract, move into position, position, regulate, seat, set, Square, stagger, suit, tie up, to adjust, to fit, to mount, to set, trim). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

lura (bamboozle, beat, befool, beguile, cheat, chicane, chisel, chouse, clip, cod, con, cozen, deceive, decoy, delude, diddle, do, do down, dope, double cross, double-cross, dupe, entrap, euchre, flay, fool, Fox, gaff, gudgeon, gull, have, hoax, hocus pocus, hokey-pokey, hoodwink, hook, humbug, inveigle, jockey, kid, lure, out-jockey, overreach, rip off, rook, sell, short-change, swindle, trick), imponera (impress, make an impression). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

zorlamak (be urgent with smb., bludgeon, bully, clamor down, clamour down, coerce, compel, constrain, cow smb. into, cozen, do violence to, drag in, drive, edge on, enforce, exact, force, impel, impress, lean upon, obligate, outrage, press, press-gang smb. into doing smth., pressure, push, push smb. for, railroad, railroad into doing, stampede, strain, stretch, subdue, sweat, twist smb.'s arm, urge, worry, wrest), yararlanmak (avail oneself of smth., benefit, capitalize, enjoy, make use of, parlay, pass over, pass up, practice on, practice upon, practise on, practise upon, profit, profit by, put account, refer, rejoice in, take advantage of, turn to account, use, utilize), yüklemek (ascribe, burden, charge, embark, encumber, fasten, fasten on, father, foist, freight, hand over, heap, impute, inflict, Lade, lay, lay on, lay smth. at one's door, load, offload, overlay, pin, pitch, plant, put, put down, saddle, shift, stack, store, weight), yük olmak (be a charge on smb., bear hard on, cumber, load, tax, weigh, weigh on, weigh upon), uygulmaya koymak, kötüye kullanmak (abuse, betray, defile, encroach, exploit, make a draft on, misappropriate, misemploy, misuse, presume on, presume upon), etkilenmek (be affected, be impressed, be thrilled, be touched, grip, respond). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

обкладати (put, round up), обманювати (baffle, bam, beguile, begunk, betray, bluff, bubble, buffalo, cheat, chouse, cozen, deceive, defraud, delude, do down, double cross, gouge, mountebank, swindle, trick, victimize), нав'язувати (enforce, intrude, obtrude, thrust, wish on), зобов'язувати (assign, call for, enjoin, indebt, obligate, oblige, tie, tie up). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

arddodi (prefix). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Impose

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

infigar, infixa, infixae, infixit, infixitque, infixum, infixus, inflixerit, injungere, inponam, inponas, inponat, inponatur, inpone, inponebant, inponebat, inponendi, inponens, inponent, inponentem, inponentes, inponentesque, inponentque, inponere, inponeremus, inponerent, inponeret, inpones, inponet, inponetis, inponetque, inponetur, inponi, inponit, inponite, inponunt, inposita, inpositae, inpositam, inpositasque, inpositione, inpositionem, inpositionis, inpositis, inpositisque, inposito, inpositum, inpositumque, inposueris, inposuerunt, inposueruntque, inposui, inposuissent, inposuisset, inposuisti, inposuit, inposuitque. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Impose

LanguageDateSource1 Timothy Chapter 5, Verse 22
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintCeiraV tacewV mhdeni epitiqei mhde koinwnei amartiaiV allotriaiV seauton agnon threi
Latin405VulgateManus cito nemini inposueris neque communicaveris peccatis alienis te ipsum castum custodi
Middle English1395WyclifPut thou hondis to no man, nether anoon comyne thou with othere mennus synnes. Kepe thi silf chast.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleLaye hondes sodely on no man nether be partaker of other mes synnes: kepe thy silfe pure.
Jacobean English1611King JamesLay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
Victorian English1833WebsterImpose hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
Basic English1964OgdenDo not put hands on any man without thought, and have no part in other men's sins: keep yourself clean.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Impose

Language1 Timothy Chapter 5, Verse 22
BulgarianА благочестието с задоволство е голяма печалба;
CebuanoAyaw pagdali sa pagpandong sa mga kamot kang bisan kinsa, ni mag-ambit ikaw sa mga pagpakasala sa ubang tawo; bantayi nga magmaputli ka sa imong kaugalingon.
Chinese給 人 行 按 手 的 禮 、 不 可 急 促 . 不 要 在 別 人 的 罪 上 有 分 . 要 保 守 自 己 清 " 。
CroatianRuku prebrzo ni na koga ne polaži i ne budi dionikom tuðih grijeha! Sebe èistim èuvaj!
DanishVær ikke hastig til at lægge Hænder på nogen, og gør dig ikke delagtig i andres Synder; hold dig selv ren!
DutchLeg niemand haastelijk de handen op, en heb geen gemeenschap aan anderer zonden; bewaar uzelven rein.
FinnishÄlä ole liian kerkeä panemaan käsiäsi kenenkään päälle, äläkä antaudu osalliseksi muiden synteihin. Pidä itsesi puhtaana.
FrenchN`impose les mains personne avec précipitation, et ne participe pas aux péchés d`autrui; toi-même, conserve-toi pur.
GermanDie Hände lege niemand zu bald auf, mache dich auch nicht teilhaftig fremder Sünden. Halte dich selber keusch.
Haitian CreolePa prese mete men sou tèt yon moun pou ba l' yon chaj nan legliz la. Pa mele nan peche okenn moun. Evite tou sa ki mal.
HungarianA kézrátevést el ne hirtelenkedd, se ne légy részes a más bûneiben; tenmagadat tisztán tartsd.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariJanganlah terlalu cepat meletakkan tangan atas seseorang guna meresmikan pengangkatannya sebagai pelayan Tuhan. Kalau orang lain berdosa, jangan turut terlibat dalam dosa itu. Jagalah dirimu supaya tetap murni.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaJangan engkau mengantarkan tangan dengan gopoh-gopoh atas seorang jua pun, dan jangan bersekutu di dalam dosa orang lain. Peliharakanlah dirimu dengan suci.
ItalianNon aver fretta di imporre le mani ad alcuno, per non farti complice dei peccati altrui. Conservati puro!
Korean아 무 에 게 나 경 " 히 안 수 하 지 말 다 른 사 람 의 죄 에 간 섭 지 말 네 자 을 지 켜 결 케 하 라
LatvianPârsteidzîgi nevienam rokas neuzliec un nekïûsti sveðu grçku lîdzdalîbnieks! Sargi sevi ðíîstu!
MaoriKei hohoro te whakapa i nga ringaringa ki tetahi tangata, kaua ano e uru ki nga hara o te tangata ke: kia mau tou harakore.
Modern GreekΜη επιθετε χειρας ταχεως εις μηδενα, μηδε γινου κοινωνος αλλοτριων αμαρτιων· φυλαττε σεαυτον καθαρον.
NorwegianVær ikke snar til å legge hendene på nogen; gjør dig ikke delaktig i fremmede synder; hold dig selv ren!
PortugueseA ninguém imponhas precipitadamente as mãos, nem participes dos pecados alheios; conserva-te a ti mesmo puro.   
RumanianSq nu-yi pui mknile peste nimeni cu grabq: wi sq nu te faci pqrtaw pqcatelor altora: pe tine knsuyi pqzewte-te curat.
RussianтХЛ ОЙ ОБ ЛПЗП ОЕ ЧПЪМБЗБК ПУ ЕЫОП, Й ОЕ "ЕМБКУС ХЮБУФОЙЛПН Ч ЮХЦЙИ ЗТЕИБИ. иТБОЙ УЕ'С ЮЙУФЩН.
ShuarYus-shuara uuntri Atí tusam Wárik anaikiaip. Wárik Túramka chikicha Tunaarín sumamattame. Ashí tunaanum penké pachiinkiaip.
SpanishNo impongas las manos a ninguno con ligereza, ni participes en pecados ajenos; consérvate puro.
SwahiliUsiharakishe kumwekea mtu yeyote mikono kwa ajili ya kumtumikia Bwana. Usishiriki dhambi za wengine; jiweke katika hali safi.
SwedishFörhasta dig icke med handpåläggning, och gör dig icke delaktig i en annans synder. Bevara dig själv ren.
Thaiอย่า"่วนวางมือเจิมผู้ใ" และอย่ามีส่วนร่วมในการกระทำบาปของผู้อื่นเลย จงรักษาตัวให้บริสุทธิ์
UkrainianНе рукополагай скоро нікого, і не приставай до чужих гріхів. Бережи себе чистим!
UmaNeo' nusosai mpo'ongko' tauna jadi' pangkeni agama, nee-neo' mpai' iko lau-mi to rakahurui ane mpobabehi-ra jeko'. Nuparesa' ulu kehi-ra, pai' lako' nudampa pale-nu hi tanuana' -ra mpo'ongko' -ra jadi' pangkeni agama. Pelompehi bona moroli' oa' po'ingku-nu.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Impose

Derivations

Words beginning with "impose": imposed, imposer, imposers, imposes. (additional references)

Words ending with "impose": reimpose, superimpose. (additional references)

Words containing "impose": reimposed, reimposes, superimposed, superimposes. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Impose" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amponsah, empusae, Icp-oes, imos, Imosa, Imossi, impas, impo, impos, imposs, imposte, impune, ipos, Kimpese. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Impose"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "impose" (pronounced i'mpō"z)
4-m p ō" zcompose, decompose, reimpose, superimpose.
3-p ō" zdepose, dispose, expose, interpose, juxtapose, oppose, overexpose, pose, pows, predispose, presuppose, propose, repose, suppose, transpose.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Impose

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-m-o-p-s"

-1 letter: mopes, poems, poise, pomes.

-2 letters: epos, imps, mise, miso, mope, mops, opes, peso, pies, piso, poem, pois, pome, poms, pose, semi, simp, sipe, some.

-3 letters: ems, imp, ism, mis, mop, mos, oes, oms, ope, ops, ose, pes, pie, pis, poi, pom, psi, sei, sim, sip, som, sop.

-4 letters: em, es, is, me, mi, mo, oe, om, op, os, pe, pi, si, so.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-m-o-p-s"
 

+1 letter: episome, impones, imposed, imposer, imposes, mopiest, myopies, optimes, peonism, pommies, promise, semipro.

 

+2 letters: apomixes, compiles, complies, comprise, empoison, episomal, episomes, epistome, epitomes, epizoism, implodes, implores, imposers, imposted, imposter, impowers, improves, ipomoeas, liposome, meropias, milepost, mispoise, misspoke, moperies, nepotism, optimise, peonisms, phimoses, pimentos, plimsole, polemics, polemist, primeros, primrose, promines, promised, promisee, promiser, promises, reimpose, semipros.

 

+3 letters: apogamies, campesino, companies, compilers, complices, compliers, complines, composite, comprised, comprises, comprizes, copremias, despotism, dopamines, empoisons, emporiums, epigonism, epistomes, epitomise, epizoisms, eponymies, europiums, impastoed, impellors, imperious, impetigos, impetuous, implorers, implosive, importers, imposters, impostume, imposture, impotents, improvers, improvise, liposomes, mileposts, miscopied, miscopies, misemploy, mispoised, mispoises, misreport, misspoken, morphines, nepotisms, optimised, optimises, optimizes, orpiments, pemolines, peponiums, peristome, persimmon, philomels, phonemics, picomoles, piedmonts, pimientos, plimsoles, poeticism, polemists, polemizes, premonish, primroses, promisees, promisers, proxemics, ptomaines, pumiceous, reimports, reimposed, reimposes, semigroup, simpleton, spoilsmen, temporise.

 

+4 letters: ametropias, amphiboles, angiosperm, aposematic, campesinos, completist, composited, composites, compromise, compulsive, despotisms, diplomates, discompose, empoisoned, epigonisms, episiotomy, episomally, epitomised, epitomises, epitomizes, euphoniums, exemptions, geotropism, hemoptysis, hippiedoms, hypodermis, hypoxemias, imperators, impersonal, impervious, implosives, impolicies, importunes, impossible, imposthume, impostumes, impostures, impotences, impoverish, impresario, impression, imprisoned, improvised, improviser, improvises, megascopic, megasporic, mentorship, mesophytic, metropolis, micropores, micropyles, microscope, microspore, miscompute, misdevelop, misemploys, mispointed, misreports, misstopped, monopodies, monopolies, monopolise, morphemics, mycophiles, myopathies, nemophilas, omophagies, optimizers, outpromise, oversimple, oversimply, palimonies, pantomimes, peperomias, periosteum, peristomes, permission, peroxisome, persimmons, pneumonias, poeticisms, polemicist, polyamides, polyamines, polygamies, polymerise, polymerism, polysemies, polytheism, pomologies, premoisten, princedoms, prolamines, proscenium, proseminar, protamines, psalmodies, recompiles, reimposing, resumption, semigroups, semiopaque, semipostal, semitropic, simpletons, slipformed, spirometer, spirometry, spoonerism, supermicro, symphonies, temporised, temporises, temporizes, toponymies.

 

+5 letters: accompanies, accomplices, amphibolies, amphioxuses, angiosperms, atmospheric, azoospermia, biopolymers, clomiphenes, compatibles, compendious, compendiums, competitors, complainers, completions, completists, complexions, compliances, complicates, compliments, compositely, compressing, compression, compressive, compromised, compromiser, compromises, compulsives, computerise, computerist, comradeship, consumptive, coppersmith, cosmopolite, decomposing, despoilment, diplomacies, discomposed, discomposes, disportment, ectoplasmic, embonpoints, emperorship, empoisoning, endoplasmic, epilimnions, epitomising, extemporise, foremanship, geotropisms, hemipterous, hemophilias, hemophilics, hemopoieses, hemopoiesis, hippodromes, homophonies, homoplasies, homospories, hypodermics, hypsometric, idempotents, impassioned, impecunious, imperiously, impersonate, impetuosity, impetuously, importances, importuners, imposthumes, impotencies, imprecision, impresarios, impressions, improvisers, leprosarium, lymphokines, megalopolis, mentorships, mesomorphic, mesonephric, mesonephroi, mesopelagic, mesophyllic, mesospheric, mesotrophic, microcopies, microphages, microphones, micropipets, microprobes, microscopes, microsphere, microspores, mimeographs, misanthrope, miscomputed, miscomputes, misdevelops, misemployed, misreported, monophagies, monophonies, monophylies, monopolised, monopolises, monopolizes, monopsonies, mouthpieces, mycophagies, mythopoeias, omnipotents, omnipresent, optometries, optometrist, outpromised, outpromises, overimpress, overpromise, palindromes, parsimonies, patrimonies, peristomial, peritoneums, permeations, permissions, peroxisomal, peroxisomes, personalism, phonemicist, piezometers, pimpmobiles, plasminogen, pleochroism, plyometrics, pneumonitis, polemicists, polemicizes, polemoniums, polygamizes, polymathies, polymerised, polymerises, polymerisms, polymerizes, polytheisms, pomposities, preemptions, prehominids, premodifies, premoistens, premonished, premonishes, prestissimo, presumption, proclaimers, promethiums, prominences, prosceniums, proselytism, proseminars, proximities, pyromancies, pyrometries, recomposing, redemptions, resumptions, scopolamine, seismograph, semaphoring, semipopular, semipostals, semitropics, spermagonia, spermophile, spirometers, spirometric, spoonerisms, suboptimize, superimpose, supermicros, taphonomies, temporaries, temporising, temporizers, temptations, thermopiles, trampolines, xerophytism.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Impose


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 6D 70 6F 73 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01101101 01110000 01101111 01110011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#109 &#112 &#111 &#115 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006D 0070 006F 0073 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

437982818571

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Historic
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Speeches
10. Usage Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Translations: Ancient
15. Bible Trace
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Orthography
20. Bibliography


  

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