imposition

Definitions

1. 1.That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax.
2. 2.(Eng. Univ.) An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment. T. Warton.
3. 3.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.
4. 4.(Eccl.) The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc.
5. 5.(Print.) The act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. See Impose, v. t., 4. See Deception.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is imposition.

• What is that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax called?
• What is an extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment. T. Warton called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is the act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc called?
• What is the act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. See Impose, v. t., 4. See Deception called?