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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Imposing

· Im·pos·ing · IPA /ɪmˈpoʊzɪŋ/
01 a. Laying as a duty; enjoining.
  1. 1.
    Laying as a duty; enjoining.
  2. 2.
    Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle.
  3. 3.
    Deceiving; deluding; misleading.
02 n. The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4.
  1. 1.
    The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4.(Print.) See: Impose
Phrases & compounds
Imposing stone — the stone on which the pages or columns of types are imposed or made into forms; -- called also imposing table.