1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impose.

2. (a.) Laying as a duty; enjoining.

3. (a.) Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle.

4. (a.) Deceiving; deluding; misleading.

5. (n.) The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4.

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