† imponev.
Obsolete.
1.
a. transitive. To place or set upon something; to impose.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > in contact with a surface
layc950
set971
input1382
immotec1420
impone1529
impose1598
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] > bet (money, etc.)
laya1300
wed1362
to lay downc1430
setc1460
jeopardc1470
wage1484
holda1500
pary?a1505
to stake down1565
stake1591
gagec1598
bet?a1600
go1607
wagera1616
abet1617
impone1702
sport1706
stand1795
gamble1813
parlay1828
ante1846
to put on1890
plunge1919
1529 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 150 The proffyttes of suche imposicions, that is to say, of bestes, or other thyng, that at an entre or exployte shalbe imponed or had.
1530 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 364 I beseche you so to impone your favour, as that the vygor and seueryte of the lawe be not executed vpon thys thyng.
1702 V. Mandey tr. J. J. Hainlin Synopsis Mathematica: Theoret. Arithm. iv. 70 Impone points,..from the right hand, always intermitting two places.
b. To ‘lay’, stake, wager. (Of doubtful standing. Cf. impawn v.)
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) v. ii. 125 The sir King ha's wag'd with him six Barbary Horses, against the which he impon'd [1604 impaund, 1637 impawn'd] as I take it, sixe French Rapiers and Poniards .
a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) v. ii. 171 Why is this impon'd as you call it?
2. intransitive. To impose upon.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > act fraudulently, cheat [verb (intransitive)]
faitc1330
defraudc1384
to take (the) advantagea1393
false1393
halt1412
haft1519
juggle1528
wily beguile1550
foist1584
lurch1593
fog1621
imposture1624
rook1637
impone1640
cheat1647
chicane1671
humbug1753
fineer1765
gag1781
mountebank1814
jockeya1835
sniggle1837
barney1848
straw1851
honeyfuggle1856
skinch1891
finagle1926
1640 E. Dering Disc. Proper Sacrifice (1644) 32 You will..impone upon the ignorant.
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