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adv.
In an imposing manner.
a.
Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; -- often followed by on or upon; as, obedience is obligatory on a soldier.
n.
The dignity and authority of sovereign power; quality or state which inspires awe or reverence; grandeur; exalted dignity, whether proceeding from rank, character, or bearing; imposing loftiness; stateliness; -- usually applied to the rank and dignity of sovereigns.
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Imposing reciprocal obligations upon the parties; as, a synallagmatic contract.
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Performed by, or proceeding from, occult and superhuman agencies; done by, or seemingly done by, enchantment or sorcery. Hence: Seemingly requiring more than human power; imposing or startling in performance; producing effects which seem supernatural or very extraordinary; having extraordinary properties; as, a magic lantern; a magic square or circle.
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A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.
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Possessing or exhibiting majesty; of august dignity, stateliness, or imposing grandeur; lofty; noble; grand.
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Imposing a pecuniary penalty; consisting of, or paid as, a fine.
v. t.
That which is displayed; a show; a spectacle; an imposing procession; the movement of any body marshaled in military order; as, a parade of firemen.
v. t.
To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a fine or forfeiture, esp. a pecuniary fine; to fine.
n.
A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also imposing stone.
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To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
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The act of laying a tax, or of imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by government, or on the members of a corporation or company, by the proper authority; the raising of revenue; also, a system of raising revenue.
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A door or gate; hence, a way of entrance or exit, especially one that is grand and imposing.
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To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; -- said of a form.
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The quality of being imposing.
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Having a dignified port or mien; of a noble appearance; imposing.
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The privilege formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines.
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Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle.
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The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4.
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