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English word impose comes from Latin pono (I ordain. I place, put, lay. I set up, pitch (camp).), Latin ingratus (Thankless. Ungrateful. Unpleasant, disagreeable.), Latin im-

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pono (Latin)

I ordain. I place, put, lay. I set up, pitch (camp).

ingratus (Latin)

Thankless. Ungrateful. Unpleasant, disagreeable.

im- (Latin)

impositum (Latin)

imposer (French)

(reflexive) to establish oneself, to make a name for oneself. (reflexive) to triumph, to win. To impose.

imposer (Middle French)

impose (English)

(intransitive) to be an inconvenience. (transitive) To establish or apply by authority.. 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.. To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.. To practice a trick or deception.. To enforce: compel to behave in a certain way.

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