Imposing is an adjective reserved for those things that are impressive in the sense that they are large or serious, as in the US Capitol Building or even, say, a professional wrestler.
Laying as a duty; enjoining.
Adjective S.
used of a person''s appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch''s imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty"
Adjective S.
impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Impose
a.
Laying as a duty; enjoining.
a.
Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as,
an imposing air; an imposing spectacle.
a.
Deceiving; deluding; misleading.
n.
The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages
of a sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4.
Imposing
Imposing
Laying as a duty; enjoining.
The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See
Usage Examples
Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.
You know, this idea of going around the world imposing democracy by growing a middle-class, a trading merchant class that is independent of your faith, is a good notion, but we're all partially different - it's no good imposing systems on people that it doesn't suit.
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Other Usage ExamplesA state that suppresses all freedom of speech, and which by imposing the most terrible punishments, treats each and every attempt at criticism, however morally justified, and every suggestion for improvement as plotting to high treason, is a state that breaks an unwritten law.
But there is a corollary to freedom and that's personal responsibility, and the real challenge is how you generate that personal responsibility without imposing it.
Our nation is too different, too diverse to say that what works in Massachusetts is somehow going to be grabbed by the federal government, usurping the power of states and imposing a one-size-fits-all plan on the nation. That will not work.
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