Definitions for "impose"
To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.
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.
To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
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.
The process of arranging multiple pages on a press sheet so they will fold, cut and bind in their proper order.
To arrange the pages of a book or magazine in the correct sequence and making allowance for suitable margins and trims.
Keywords:
injunction, command
A command; injunction.
To practice tricks or deception.
impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"
compel to behave in a certain way; "Social relations impose courtesy"
To create a condition, usually adverse, such as placing a tax, charge or fine on an item.
impose and collect; "levy a fine"