Imposing

a.	1.	Laying as a duty; enjoining.
	2.	Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle.
	3.	Deceiving; deluding; misleading.
n.	1.	(Print.) The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4. Imposing stone (Print.) the stone on which the pages or columns of types are imposed or made into forms; - called also imposing table.

Adj.	1.	imposing - impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns" Synonyms: baronial, stately, noble
	2.	imposing - 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" Synonyms: distinguished, magisterial

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