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Webster 1913 Edition
Imposer
Im-pos′er
,Noun.
One who imposes.
The
imposers
of these oaths might repent. Walton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Imposer
IMPO'SER
,Noun.
--The imposers of these oaths might repent.
Definition 2024
imposer
imposer
English
Noun
imposer (plural imposers)
- One who imposes.
References
- imposer in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- imposer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
imposer
- to impose
- (reflexive) to triumph, to win
- Il s'est imposé vendredi devant Beat Feuz.
- On Friday he triumphed over Beat Feuz.
- Il s'est imposé vendredi devant Beat Feuz.
- (reflexive) to establish oneself, to make a name for oneself
Conjugation
Conjugation of imposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | imposer | avoir imposé | |||||
| gerund | en imposant | en ayant imposé | |||||
| present participle | imposant /ɛ̃.po.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | imposé /ɛ̃.po.ze/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | impose /ɛ̃.poz/ |
imposes /ɛ̃.poz/ |
impose /ɛ̃.poz/ |
imposons /ɛ̃.po.zɔ̃/ |
imposez /ɛ̃.po.ze/ |
imposent /ɛ̃.poz/ |
| imperfect | imposais /ɛ̃.po.zɛ/ |
imposais /ɛ̃.po.zɛ/ |
imposait /ɛ̃.po.zɛ/ |
imposions /ɛ̃.po.zjɔ̃/ |
imposiez /ɛ̃.po.zje/ |
imposaient /ɛ̃.po.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | imposai /ɛ̃.po.ze/ |
imposas /ɛ̃.po.za/ |
imposa /ɛ̃.po.za/ |
imposâmes /ɛ̃.po.zam/ |
imposâtes /ɛ̃.po.zat/ |
imposèrent /ɛ̃.po.zɛʁ/ |
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| future | imposerai /ɛ̃.poz.ʁe/ |
imposeras /ɛ̃.poz.ʁa/ |
imposera /ɛ̃.poz.ʁa/ |
imposerons /ɛ̃.poz.ʁɔ̃/ |
imposerez /ɛ̃.poz.ʁe/ |
imposeront /ɛ̃.poz.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | imposerais /ɛ̃.poz.ʁɛ/ |
imposerais /ɛ̃.poz.ʁɛ/ |
imposerait /ɛ̃.poz.ʁɛ/ |
imposerions /ɛ̃.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
imposeriez /ɛ̃.po.zə.ʁje/ |
imposeraient /ɛ̃.poz.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | impose /ɛ̃.poz/ |
imposes /ɛ̃.poz/ |
impose /ɛ̃.poz/ |
imposions /ɛ̃.po.zjɔ̃/ |
imposiez /ɛ̃.po.zje/ |
imposent /ɛ̃.poz/ |
| imperfect1 |
imposasse /ɛ̃.po.zas/ |
imposasses /ɛ̃.po.zas/ |
imposât /ɛ̃.po.za/ |
imposassions /ɛ̃.po.za.sjɔ̃/ |
imposassiez /ɛ̃.po.za.sje/ |
imposassent /ɛ̃.po.zas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | impose /ɛ̃.poz/ |
— | imposons /ɛ̃.po.zɔ̃/ |
imposez /ɛ̃.po.ze/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams
Derived terms
- en imposer