imposes

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Examples

Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous. Yehudi Menuhin

Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility. Peter Drucker

Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents. Alexander Alekhine

The scientist only imposes two things, namely truth and sincerity, imposes them upon himself and upon other scientists. Erwin Schrödinger

Every neurosis is a primitive form of legal proceeding in which the accused carries on the prosecution, imposes judgment and executes the sentence: all to the end that someone else should not perform the same process. Lionel Trilling

Nobility imposes obligations. French Proverb