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Adjective: imposing  im'powzing
  1. Impressive in appearance
    "an imposing residence"
    - baronial, noble, stately
     
  2. Used of a person's appearance or behaviour; befitting an eminent person
    "the monarch's imposing presence"
    - distinguished, grand, magisterial
Verb: impose  im'powz
  1. Compel to behave in a certain way
    "Social relations impose courtesy"
    - enforce
     
  2. Impose something unpleasant
    - inflict, bring down, visit, obtrude
     
  3. Impose and collect
    - levy

See also: dignified, imposingly, imposition, impressive

Type of: bill, charge, communicate, compel, intercommunicate, obligate, oblige

Encyclopedia: Impose

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