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    [Verb]  | "im*pose" | \ im-ˈpōz \


    1: to establish or apply by authority

    2: to establish or bring about as if by force

    3: to force into the company or on the attention of another


    Origin: 1581 ;

     Middle French imposer, from Latin imponere, literally, to put upon (perfect indicative imposui), from in- + ponere to put {mat|position|};

    [Idiom]  | "impose one's will" 


    1: to force other people to do what one wants

    [Verb]  | "impose" 


    1: to establish or apply as a charge or penalty;


      * e.g., " ... that state now imposes a fine for text messaging while driving "





    [Verb]  | "impose (on or upon)" 


    1: to take unfair advantage of;


      * e.g., " ... thanks for offering your own bed, but I wouldn't dream of imposing on you and will be perfectly happy on the couch "



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     [ "impose" ]

    1: Levy, require, demand

     [ "Imposive" ]

    1: Tending to force something unwelcome or unwanted to be accepted or put in its place.

      * e.g.,  ... He was very imposive on anyone who crossed his path. 

     [ "imposer" ]

    1: Someone who thinks they can be something without a degree. Ex photographer

      * e.g.,  ... I don't have a degree in photography but pretend I can take pics so I'm an imposer 

     [ "imposing" ]

    1: When you invite others to a gathering via group chat thus making it harder on the host to refuse

      * e.g.,  ... Imposing this on the group chat. I'm sure it's cool if y'all come! 

     [ "photo-imposer" ]

    1: One who sneaks into the background of a person or group of people posing for a picture, usually making a face or picking their nose, totally unbeknownst to the photographer.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy showing off pictures at work- "Here we are in New York, see the Statue of Liberty behind us?" 


     [ "photo-imposer" ]

    2: Sometimes, the savvy photo-imposer will even squeeze in with a group of friends posing for a *guest phtographer.

      * e.g.,  ... Co-worker- "Yeah, but whos that guy next to you scratching his nuts?" 

     [ "mission imposible" ]

    1: When a girl sucks your dick and balls at the same time.

      * e.g.,  ... Man, that chick was sooo good at giving head, she was able to complete the mission imposible. 

     [ "self-imposed exhale" ]

    1: Where you are trying to hold in a deep breath but then unintentionally do something that obliges you to "pop" whether ya want to or not.

      * e.g.,  ... I was competing with a couple of friends to see who could hold his breath the longest, and I was reading the daily newspaper-comics to distract me from my respiratory discomfort. Then I read a cartoon that really struck me funny and so I hadda laugh --- talk about self-imposed exhale! 

     [ "self imposed pout" ]

    1: The fishy faced pout that girls do when taking pictures of themselves either in the mirror or holding the camera out in front of them.

      * e.g.,  ... She can't ever take a picture without a self imposed pout... 

     [ "self-imposed Rick Roll" ]

    1: The act of Rick Rolling yourself just because you have that damn song stuck in your head.

      * e.g.,  ... "Dude I got fuckin Rick Rolled again." "It's happened to me so many times now i just have self-imposed Rick Rolls." 

     [ "imposible, perhaps the archives are incomplete" ]

    1: When you don't find any Prequel meme in this dictionary

      * e.g.,  ... Imposible, perhaps the archives are incomplete 

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