impone

See also: imponé

English

Etymology

Latin imponere, impositum (“to place upon”); prefix im- (“in”) + ponere (“to place”). See imposition.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪmˈpoʊn/

Verb

impone (third-person singular simple present impones, present participle imponing, simple past and past participle imponed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To stake; to wager; to pledge.

References

impone in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Italian

Verb

impone

  1. third-person singular present indicative of imporre

Latin

Verb

impōne

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of impōnō

Spanish

Verb

impone

  1. third-person singular present indicative of imponer
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