imposed

Meaning

of Impose

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

levy required enforce taxation mandatory compulsory superimposed inflict foist prescribed exaction taxability enforced dictated stipulated

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Phrases with the word

self-imposed death super-imposed imposed upon I imposed security council imposed self-imposed solitude

Examples

The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been imposed upon him externally by any foreign will whatsoever, human or divine, collective or individual. Mikhail Bakunin

The first discipline modernity's originators imposed upon themselves was that of self-restraint, learning to live with vulgarity. Their high expectations for effectiveness were made possible by low expectations of what was to be. Allan Bloom

Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness? Is a man who chooses to be bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has the good imposed upon him? Anthony Burgess

Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him? Anthony Burgess

Democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from the outside. Each society must search for its own path, and no path is perfect. Barack Obama

Hard is a new law imposed on old licence. Italian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

impose restrictions impose sanctions impose taxes imposed upon imposement imposer