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Webster 1913 Edition
Imposing
Im-pos′ing
,Adj.
1.
Laying as a duty; enjoining.
2.
Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding;
“Large and imposing edifices.” as, an
imposing
air; an imposing
spectacle. Bp. Hobart.
3.
Deceiving; deluding; misleading.
Im-pos′ing
,Noun.
(Print.)
The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See , 4.
Impose
, Verb.
T.
Imposing stone
(Print.)
, the stone on which the pages or columns of types are imposed or made into forms; – called also
imposing table
.Webster 1828 Edition
Imposing
IMPO'SING
,ppr.
1.
Commanding; adapted to impress forcibly; as an imposing air or matter. --Large and imposing edifices, embosomed in the groves of some rich valley.