v. t. | 1. | To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
v. i. | 1. | To practice tricks or deception. |
n. | 1. | A command; injunction. |