Im*pos"ing, n. (Print.) The act of imposing the columns of a page, or
the pages of a sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4.
Imposing stone (Print.), the stone on which the pages or columns of
types are imposed or made into forms; - - called also imposing table.
Im*pos"ing*ly, adv. In an imposing manner.
Im*pos"ing*ness, n. The quality of being imposing.
Im`po*si"tion (?), n. [F., fr. L. impositio the application of a name
to a thing. See Impone.] 1. The act of imposing, laying on, affixing,
enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like. "From imposition of
strict laws." Milton.
Made more solemn by the imposition of hands.
Hammond.
2. That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden;
injunction; tax.
3. (Eng. Univ.) An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment.
T. Warton.
4. 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.
5. (Eccl.) The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in
ordination, confirmation, etc.
6. (Print.) The act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. See
Impose, v. t., 4.
Syn. -- Deceit; fraud; imposture. See Deception.
Im*pos`si*bil"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Impossibilities (#). [L.
impossibilitas: cf. F. impossibilité.] 1. The quality of being
impossible; impracticability.
They confound difficulty with impossibility.
South.
2. An impossible thing; that which can not be thought, done, or
endured.
Impossibilities! O, no, there's none.
Cowley.