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English Dictionary: Imposing	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
imposing adj impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns" Synonym(s): baronial, imposing, noble, stately 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" Synonym(s): distinguished, grand, imposing, magisterial
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imposing \Impos"ing\, n. (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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impose \Im*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imposing}.] [F. imposer; pref. im- in + poser to place. See {Pose}, v. t.] 1. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose Within a wicker basket. --Chapman. 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. What fates impose, that men must needs abide. --Shak. Death is the penalty imposed. --Milton. Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws. --Waller. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imposing \Impos"ing\, a. 1. Laying as a duty; enjoining. 2. Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing* air; an imposing spectacle. [bd]Large and imposing edifices.[b8] --Bp. Hobart. 3. Deceiving; deluding; misleading.