Im`por*tun"er (?), n. One who importunes.
Im`por*tu"ni*ty (?), n.; pl. Importunities (#). [L. importunitas
unsuitableness, rudeness: cf. F. importunité.] The quality of being
importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request;
incessant or frequent application; troublesome pertinacity.
O'ercome with importunity and tears.
Milton.
Im*por"tu*ous (?), a. [L. importuosus; pref. im- not + portuosus
abounding in harbors, fr. portus harbor.] Without a port or harbor.
[R.]
Im*pos"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. imposable.] Capable of being imposed or
laid on. Hammond.
Im*pos"a*ble*ness, n. Quality of being imposable.
Im*pose" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imposed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Imposing.] [F. imposer; pref. im- in + poser to place. See Pose, v. t.]
1. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.
Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose Within a wicker basket.
Chapman.
2. 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.
What fates impose, that men must needs abide.
Shak.
Death is the penalty imposed.
Milton.
Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws.
Waller.
3. (Eccl.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of
confirmation and ordination.
4. (Print.) 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.
Im*pose", v. i. To practice tricks or deception.
To impose on or upon, to pass or put a trick on; to delude. "He imposes
on himself, and mistakes words for things." Locke.
Im*pose", n. A command; injunction. [Obs.] Shak.