imposing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb compel to behave in a certain way
    impose; enforce.
    • Social relations impose courtesy
  2. verb impose something unpleasant
    bring down; impose; visit; inflict.
    • The principal visited his rage on the students
  3. verb impose and collect
    levy; impose.
    • levy a fine
  4. adjective satellite impressive in appearance
    noble; baronial; stately.
    • a baronial mansion
    • an imposing residence
    • a noble tree
    • severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses
    • stately columns
  5. adjective satellite used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
    magisterial; distinguished; grand.
    • his distinguished bearing
    • the monarch's imposing presence
    • she reigned in magisterial beauty

WordNet

Im*pos"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Laying as a duty; enjoining.
  2. Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle. "Large and imposing edifices." Bp. Hobart.
  3. Deceiving; deluding; misleading.
Im*pos"ing noun
Definitions
  1. (Print.) The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4.

Webster 1913