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All impose synonyms

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verb impose

  • set β€” to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
  • appoint β€” If you appoint someone to a job or official position, you formally choose them for it.
  • levy β€” an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
  • force β€” physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
  • institute β€” to set up; establish; organize: to institute a government.
  • require β€” to have need of; need: He requires medical care.
  • introduce β€” to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
  • order β€” an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
  • foist β€” to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon): to foist inferior merchandise on a customer.
  • charge β€” If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
  • place β€” a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
  • promulgate β€” to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • inflict β€” to impose as something that must be borne or suffered: to inflict punishment.
  • demand β€” If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.
  • put β€” to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
  • lay down β€” to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • presume β€” to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive.
  • visit β€” to go to and stay with (a person or family) or at (a place) for a short time for reasons of sociability, politeness, business, curiosity, etc.: to visit a friend; to visit clients; to visit Paris.
  • trespass β€” Law. an unlawful act causing injury to the person, property, or rights of another, committed with force or violence, actual or implied. a wrongful entry upon the lands of another. the action to recover damages for such an injury.
  • intrude β€” to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
  • wreck β€” any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
  • fix β€” to repair; mend.
  • compel β€” If a situation, a rule, or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it.
  • wreak β€” to inflict or execute (punishment, vengeance, etc.): They wreaked havoc on the enemy.
  • lade β€” to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
  • oblige β€” to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
  • prescribe β€” to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
  • decree β€” A decree is an official order or decision, especially one made by the ruler of a country.
  • lay β€” to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively): to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties.
  • burden β€” If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
  • saddle β€” a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
  • wish β€” to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
  • ordain β€” to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
  • infringe β€” to commit a breach or infraction of; violate or transgress: to infringe a copyright; to infringe a rule.
  • command β€” If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
  • obtrude β€” to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, especially without warrant or invitation: to obtrude one's opinions upon others.
  • constrain β€” To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
  • horn in β€” one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
  • lay down the law β€” the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
  • execute β€” execution
  • carry out β€” If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
  • enforce β€” Compel observance of or compliance with (a law, rule, or obligation).
  • enact β€” Make (a bill or other proposal) law.
  • dictate β€” If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
  • establish β€” Set up (an organization, system, or set of rules) on a firm or permanent basis.
  • encroach β€” Intrude on (a person's territory or a thing considered to be a right).
  • enjoin β€” Instruct or urge (someone) to do something.
  • exact β€” Not approximated in any way; precise.
  • dump β€” to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
  • insist β€” to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment.
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