To physically lay or place (something) on another thing; to deposit, to put, to set. • To lay or place (one's hands) on someone as a blessing, during rites of confirmation, ordination, etc. • To lay (columns or pages of type, or printing plates) arranged in a proper order on the bed of a press or an imposing stone and secure them in a chase in preparation for printing. • To apply, enforce, or establish (something, often regarded as burdensome as a restriction or tax: see verb sense 1.2.2) with authority. • To place or put (something chiefly immaterial, especially something regarded as burdensome as a duty, an encumbrance, a penalty, etc.) on another thing or on someone; to inflict, to repose; also, to place or put (on someone a chiefly immaterial thing, especially something regarded as burdensome). • To force or put (a thing) on someone or something by deceit or stealth; to foist, to obtrude. • To subject (a student) to imposition (“a task inflicted as punishment”). • To appoint (someone) to be in authority or command over other people. • To accuse someone of (a crime, or a sin or other wrongdoing); to charge, to impute. • To put (a conclusion or end) to something definitively. • Chiefly followed by on or upon. • To affect authoritatively or forcefully; to influence strongly. • To encroach or intrude, especially in a manner regarded as unfair or unwarranted; to presume, to take advantage of; also, to be a burden or inconvenience. • To practise deceit or stealth; to cheat, to deceive, to trick. • To subject to an impost, levy, tax, etc.