impose Copy link Outline I. Trans.1. impōno, pŏsui., ĭtum, 32. injungo, 33. stătuo, 3II. To practise fraud upon1. impōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (with dat. of person2. dēcĭpio, 3 • impose: I. Trans.: to appoint to or for: 1. impōno, pŏsui., ĭtum, 3: Caesar has i.d upon me this duty, partes mihi has Caesar imposuit, Ant. in Cic. Att. 10, 10: Cic. 2. injungo, 3: v. to enjoin. 3. stătuo, 3: v. to fix, appoint. II. To practise fraud upon: 1. impōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (with dat. of person: some such word as fraudem being perh. understood, to play off a trick upon any one: cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, med., Catoni egregie imposuit Milo noster): those on whom luxury i.s under the mask of liberality, quibus luxuria specie liberalitatis imponit, Tac. H. 1, 30: Plin. (not exactly thus in best authors). 2. dēcĭpio, 3: v. to deceive. Phr.: to i. upon any one's forbearance, patientia alicujus abuti, Cic. Cat. 1, 1, init.: v. to abuse.