Word Finder - impose

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To establish or apply by authority.

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Congress imposed new tariffs.

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To be an inconvenience (on or upon)

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I don't wish to impose upon you.

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To enforce: compel to behave in a certain way

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Social relations impose courtesy

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To practice a trick or deception (on or upon).

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To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.

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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.

Power to impose customs and excise duties to be in the Federal government and parliament.

You're so nice, but I hate to impose.

Wouldn't it be best to impose a total ban on smoking at work?

But importing countries have to show market disruption to impose such curbs.

Apologists seek to impose a dogma rather than seek a truth.

I will make enemies if I impose morality on people.

Our small country is more threatened today than ever by the superpower now seeking to impose a fascist dictatorship on a global scale.

The function of the judges was to impose the punishment which had been laid down by Parliament.

The Council may impose special conditions to minimize inconvenience.

Castro's Cuba did not impose a trade embargo on the world.

The notion of democracy beginning to emerge scares the ideologues, the totalitarians, those who want to impose their vision.

Different applications impose very different requirements on the virtual city.

Iraq had a right to impose sanctions too, you know.

However, we do not impose surcharges on any tax on which tax geared penalties are also being charged.

The Wilson government gave in to the miners and began to impose higher taxation on the wealthy.

Please note that some schools impose a time limit for attendance at a feeder school.

Neither fascism nor mass unemployment could be used to impose discipline over labor.

Because it is practical Often a settlement is reached that includes easements beyond the scope a judge can impose.

This is further enriched by inter-service rivalry, individual's career considerations, and uncomfortable consciences, all of which impose their own editorials.

At the same time, the Maastricht criteria for joining EMU will impose severe strictures on their fiscal policy.

He may ask the Director General to seek undertakings from the parties or impose remedies using his order-making powers.

An arrangement was effected, however, whereby that citation was cancelled, and Luther betook himself in October 1518 to Augsburg to meet the papal legate, Cardinal Cajetan, who was attending the imperial diet convened by the emperor Maximilian to impose the tithes for the Turkish war and to elect a king of the Romans; but neither the arguments of the learned cardinal, nor the dogmatic papal bull of the 9th of November to the effect that all Christians must believe in the pope's power to grant indulgences, moved Luther to retract.

This, coupled with the realization of the fact that the value to France of her colonies was mainly commercial,, led at length to the abandonment of the attempt to impose on a great number of diverse peoples, some possessing (as in Indo-China and parts of West Africa) ancient and highly complex civilizations, French laws, habits of mind, tastes and manners.

The Samnite and Roman conquerors tended to impose the form of their own Ethnicon, namely the suffix -NO-, upon the tribes they conquered; hence the Marruci became the Marrucini, the *Arici became Aricini, and it seems at least probable that the forms Sidicini, Carecini, and others of this shape are the results of this same process.

In vain did the pope explain his reasons and yield certain points; the fathers would listen to nothing, and, relying on the decrees of the council of Constance, which amid the troubles of the schism had proclaimed the superiority, in certain cases, of the council over the pope, they insisted upon their right of remaining assembled, hastily beat up the laggards, held sessions, promulgated decrees, interfered in the government of the papal countship of Venaissin, treated with the Hussites, and, as representatives of the universal Church, presumed to impose laws upon the sovereign pontiff himself.

But the Coalition represented, in fact, not the mass of the people, but only a small dominant minority,' and for years past this minority had neglected the social and economic needs of the mass of the people in the eager pursuit of party advantage and the effort to impose, by coercion and corruption failing other means, the Magyar language and Magyar culture on the non-Magyar races.

So let them not impose these things on those to be baptized.

Noise occasioned by the frequent repetition of street cries is frequently the subject of local by-laws, which impose penalties for infringement.

On the constitutional side the Compromise of 1820 was important as the first precedent for the congressional exclusion of slavery from public territory acquired since the adoption of the Constitution, and also as a clear recognition that Congress has no right to impose .upon a state asking for admission into the Union conditions which do not apply to those states already in the Union.

His undoubted seriousness and his immense personal reputation did not, however, save him from the excesses of calumny and misinterpretation; and in order to impose some moderation upon his aspersers the duke thought it necessary to send a challenee to one of the most violent of these, the earl of Winchelsea.

She was still by courtesy given the precedence, but that was all; the council in Trullo (692) even claimed to impose reforms on her.

The remaining phase of the Eastern Question, if we except the concerted efforts to impose good government on Macedonia in the interests of European peace, or the side issues in Egypt and Arabia, was the rivalry of the progressive nations for the right to exploit this wealth.

The only penalty that the courts can impose on people soliciting for prostitution is a fine.

An educated artisan, he subverts whatever categories we try to impose.

The lord could impose taxes on his tenants at will.

A consultation document on the proposal to impose fixed penalty notices for summary wireless telegraphy act 1949 offenses.

Venezuela shows that in its present state, the capitalist system cannot even allow the timid reforms Chavez wants to impose.

By this I mean should we impose systems to catch out all forms of unprofessional behavior?

However well-intentioned, the North has no right to impose its solutions on the South.

It would be a huge irony if they suffered still more from well-meaning efforts to impose it from outside.

The world is divided into those who impose their will on the world versus those who too easily accept what the world imposes on them.

As your baby starts to develop good sleep habits, don't be afraid to impose a routine of your own as well.

Sellers may impose high or profitable shipping fees for the merchandise when using eBay or Half.com, but you can expect a limitation on shipping charges for sports cards.

If a homeowner or property owner is delinquent in the payment of taxes, the county or municipality may impose a lien on that property.

Using your card overseas may also impose larger-than-normal fees, which will differ from one bank to another.

Before using debit cards while you travel, consider the risks and limitations these cards impose.

This option also takes place outside of the courts, but the arbitrator has the power to impose a settlement on the parties.

Either parent can request that the Court impose a different amount for child support than what the worksheet indicates.

Unless there are issues with one or both parents that mean joint custody is not in the best interests of the child, a judge will impose one of these custody arrangements on the parents.

Instead of looking to the court to impose a settlement, the spouses can work out something that they feel is fair.