(v. t.) To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of
confirmation and ordination.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To practice trick or deception.
(n.) A command; injunction.
