Imposition : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Imposition	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Imposition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
imposition n the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) Synonym(s): imposition, infliction an uncalled-for burden; "he listened but resented the imposition"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imposition \Im`posi"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. impositio the application of a name to a thing. See {Impone}.] 1. The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like. [bd]From imposition* of strict laws.[b8] --Milton. Made more solemn by the imposition of hands. --Hammond. 2. That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax. 3. (Eng. Univ.) An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment. --T. Warton. 4. An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture. Reputation is an idle and most false imposition. --Shak. 5. (Eccl.) The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc. 6. (Print.) The act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. See {Impose}, v. t., 4. Syn: Deceit; fraud; imposture. See {Deception}.