the act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.-that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax.-an extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment.-an excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture.-the act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc.-the act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. see impose, v. t., 4.