Impose \Im*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imposed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Imposing}.] [F. imposer; pref. im- in + poser to place.
   See {Pose}, v. t.]
   1. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.
      
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            Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose
            Within a wicker basket.               --Chapman.
      
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   2. To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation,
      command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict;
      as, to impose a toll or tribute.
      
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            What fates impose, that men must needs abide.
                                                  --Shak.
      
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            Death is the penalty imposed.         --Milton.
      
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            Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws. --Waller.
      
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   3. (Eccl.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of
      confirmation and ordination.
      
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   4. (Print.) 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.
      
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Imposing \Im*pos"ing\, a.
   1. Laying as a duty; enjoining.
      
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   2. Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as,
      an imposing air; an imposing spectacle. "Large and
      imposing edifices." --Bp. Hobart.
      
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   3. Deceiving; deluding; misleading.
      
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Imposing \Im*pos"ing\, n. (Print.)
   The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a
   sheet. See {Impose}, v. t., 4.
   
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   {Imposing stone} (Print.), the stone on which the pages or
      columns of types are imposed or made into forms; -- called
      also {imposing table}.
      
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