Word Finder - imposing

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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.

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Magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity.

Dressed in black, he was an imposing figure, even in the cavernous room.

It's not imposing if I ask you.

Farther down are the imposing buildings of the British residency.

The cathedral is a noble late Romanesque building with four imposing towers.

It was thereupon destroyed by the Prussians; in spite of which, however, a long line of imposing ruins still remains.

The monument must have been of imposing appearance.

It rises in an imposing manner from the sea, on a gentle slope in the form of an amphitheatre.

His eyes were small and restless, his nose hooked, he had a beard and moustaches of imposing length.

Bills imposing taxation or appropriating revenue must not originate in the Senate, and neither taxation bills nor bills appropriating revenue for the annual service of the government may be amended in the Senate, but the Senate may return such bills to the House of Representatives with a request for their amendment.

The acts imposing fines for recusancy, repealed in 1650, were later executed with great severity.

In June 1675 he signed the paper of advice drawn up by the bishops for the king, urging the rigid enforcement of the laws against the Roman Catholics, their complete banishment from the court, and the suppression of conventicles, 2 and a bill introduced by him imposing special taxes on recusants and subjecting Roman Catholic priests to imprisonment for life was only thrown out as too lenient because it secured offenders from the charge of treason.

The archdeacon had thus become, on the one hand, the oculus episcopi, but on the other hand, armed as he was with powers of imposing penance and, in case of stubborn disobedience, of excommunicating offenders, his power tended more and more to grow at the bishop's expense.

After imposing these harsh terms on his enemy, the conqueror might naturally have shown clemency to the Tirolese leader, Andreas Hofer; but that brave mountaineer, when betrayed by a friend, was sentenced to death at Mantua owing to the arrival of a special message to that effect from Napoleon.

The imposing figure of Nesvitski followed by his Cossack, and the determination of Denisov who flourished his sword and shouted frantically, had such an effect that they managed to squeeze through to the farther side of the bridge and stopped the infantry.

The officer was admitted and immediately saw all the chief generals of the army together, and among them Ermolov's big imposing figure.

He believed that, imposing as his position was, it rested on the prestige won by matchless triumphs.

The results showed that it must have been one of the most imposing and handsome in India; and it is especially important now from the large number of inscriptions found upon it.

You will arrive at an imposing lichen encrusted gateway.

From quaint, hole-in-the-wall restaurants that you could easily walk right by to imposing structures that command attention, the variety of settings and menu items is impressive.

The room was warm and cozy, its walls done up in dark lacquered wood, the warm glow of chandeliers non- imposing.

In these degenerate days their supernatural powers consist chiefly in conjuring, sooth-saying, and feats of jugglery, by which they seldom fail in imposing upon a credulous public. (3) Sannyasis, devotees who" renounce "earthly concerns, an order not confined either to the Brahmanical caste or to the Saiva persuasion.

In addition to these, many buildings have been restored and enlarged, chief among them being the armoury (Zeughaus), the war office and the ministry of public works, while the royal mews (Marstall) has been entirely rebuilt with an imposing façade.

At the great yearly festival at Lhasa they make in the cathedral an imposing array, not much less magnificent than that of the clergy in Rome; for the ancient simplicity of dress has disappeared in the growing differences of rank, and each division of the spiritual army is distinguished in Tibet, as in the West, by a special uniform.

In relation to the publicans and soldiers who, smitten with remorse, sought out John in the wilderness, his baptism was a purification from their past and so far identical with the proselyte's bath; but so far as it raised them up to be children unto Abraham and filled them with the Messianic hope, it advanced them further than that bath could do, and assured them of a place in the kingdom of God, soon to be established - this, without imposing circumcision on them; for the ordinary proselyte was circumcised as well as baptized.

When he lighted the oil a hundred tongues of flame shot up, and the effect was really imposing.

The procession was very imposing.

His whole short corpulent figure with broad thick shoulders, and chest and stomach involuntarily protruding, had that imposing and stately appearance one sees in men of forty who live in comfort.

And Diesel is an imposing screen presence even when growling risible dialog.

It 's a shortish par 5 but with imposing bunkers all the way along the fairway left and right.

Colonel Ingersoll was a man of imposing personal appearance and the silver-tongued orator of unbelief.

Man from Mars by Paul (1939) Mars gravity is only 38% of Earth 's, ergo this Martian 's imposing stature.

They were ways of imposing law on to the people, especially subjugated people.

The new lights are equally imposing, with a trapezoid shape incorporating a subtle circular highlight that cuts into the bumper.

They aim to get " effective legislation without imposing unreasonable additional burdens on industry ".

With George " Dubya " Bush imposing sanctions - Syria and Israel being none too friendly - a visit suddenly appeared more urgent.

They allow the world to work on them as opposed to imposing their will on the world.

You, in turn, never pick up the phone for fear of imposing on their own busy schedules.

The chassis of this tool is much smaller than a similar gas-powered model which makes it easier to maneuver and not as imposing when stored in a garage.

The dealership carries brands from the large and imposing Majesty to the more demure BW 125.

Where the parents have negotiated a joint physical custody arrangement or the court is imposing one, child support becomes more complicated.

For an underused port like San Francisco, a future federal mandate imposing additional stops on cruises to or from Hawaii could serve as a crushing blow to its operations.

While there you will tour the imposing 900-year-old Baroque Melk Abbey and Passau's spectacular cathedral, which is home to the largest pipe organ in Europe.

Powerfully imposing to strangers yet affectionate and loving to family, this friendly breed offers the best of both worlds to people looking for these traits.

In flower or leaf it is the best and most imposing.

It grows about 5 feet high, and is imposing with its wrinkled leaves and large red veins.

The Gemini at Cedar Point amusement park, for example, first appears to be a wooden coaster because of its imposing wooden structure, but in reality it is a steel coaster because the trains run along tubular steel tracks.

While there's no need to exaggerate the screaming and noise, there's also no real benefit to imposing unrealistic expectations on yourself.

This imposing Imaginext castle includes a moving guard dragon to fend off enemies with a projectile shooting cannon.

If he is this imposing with the idea of how to raise children, he will not be different once children are present.

His tall, though not imposing slender frame.