[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

impose \impose"\, 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.
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            cakes of salt and barley she did impose
            within a wicker basket.               --chapman.
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   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.
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            what fates impose, that men must needs abide.
                                                  --shak.
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            death is the penalty imposed.         --milton.
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            thou on the deep imposest nobler laws. --waller.
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   3. eccl. to lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of
      confirmation and ordination.
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   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.
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see also:
imposed imposing pose 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

imposing \impos"ing\, a.
   1. laying as a duty; enjoining.
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   2. adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as,
      an imposing air; an imposing spectacle. "large and
      imposing edifices." --bp. hobart.
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   3. deceiving; deluding; misleading.
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[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

imposing \impos"ing\, n. print.
   the act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a
   sheet. see impose, v. t., 4.
   1913 webster

   imposing stone print., the stone on which the pages or
      columns of types are imposed or made into forms; -- called
      also imposing table.
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see also:
impose imposing stone imposing table 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

imposing
     adj 1: impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing
            residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen
            sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns" syn: baronial,
             noble, stately
     2: used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an
        eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the
        monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial
        beauty" syn: distinguished, magisterial
see also:
baronial noble stately distinguished magisterial 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

120 moby thesaurus words for "imposing":
   babylonian, corinthian, adipose, aristocratic, arty, august,
   awe-inspiring, awful, barbaric, baronial, beefy, big, big-bellied,
   bloated, blowzy, bosomy, brawny, burly, buxom, chubby, chunky,
   commanding, corpulent, courtly, deluxe, dignified, distended,
   dumpy, earnest, effective, elaborate, elegant, extravagant, fancy,
   fat, fatal, fateful, fattish, fine, fleshy, formidable, full,
   glorious, grand, grandiose, grave, gross, heavy, heavyset, hefty,
   high, hippy, imperial, impressive, kingly, lordly, lusty,
   luxurious, magisterial, magnificent, majestic, meaty, moving,
   noble, obese, overblown, overweight, palatial, paunchy, plump,
   plush, podgy, portentous, portly, posh, potbellied, princely,
   proud, pudgy, puffy, pursy, queenly, regal, ritzy, roly-poly,
   rotund, royal, sedate, serious, sober, solemn, sounding,
   splendacious, splendid, splendiferous, square, squat, squatty,
   stalwart, stately, statuesque, stocky, stout, strapping, sumptuous,
   superb, superfancy, superfine, swank, swanky, swell, swollen,
   thick-bodied, thickset, top-heavy, tubby, venerable, weighty,
   well-fed, worthy

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