impose
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
impose/ɪmˈpəʊz/
▶verb
- 1 force to be accepted, done, or complied with.
- 2 (usu. impose on) take advantage of someone.
- 3 Printing arrange (pages of type) so as to be in the correct order after printing and folding.
– origin C15 (earlier (ME) as imposition): from Fr. imposer, from L. imponere ‘inflict, deceive’, but influenced by impositus ‘inflicted’ and OFr. poser ‘to place’.
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