\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.
         Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose Within a
         wicker basket.                        --Chapman.
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.
         What fates impose, that men must needs abide.
                                               --Shak.
         Death is the penalty imposed.         --Milton.
         Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws. --Waller.
3. (Eccl.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of
   confirmation and ordination.
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.

\Im*pose"\, v. i.
To practice trick or deception.
{To impose on} or {upon}, to pass or put a trick on; to
   delude. ``He imposes on himself, and mistakes words for
   things.'' --Locke.

\Im*pose"\, n.
A command; injunction. [Obs.] --Shak.