to lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.-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.-to lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.-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.-to practice trick or deception.-a command; injunction.