Middle English Dictionary Entry
impōsen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | impōsen v. |
| Etymology | From L impositus, p.ppl. of impōnere; also cp. OF imposer. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To set or place; ~ to, impose (a duty or obligation) upon (sb.).
Associated quotations
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.6.54 : It semeth as that a maner necessite be imposed [L inposita] to gentil men for that thei ne schulde nat owtrayen or forlyven fro the vertus of hir noble kynrede.