impose

To apply, enforce, or establish (something, often regarded as burdensome as a restriction or tax: see verb sense 1.2.2) with authority.

To place or put (something chiefly immaterial, especially something regarded as burdensome as a duty, an encumbrance, a penalty, etc.) on another thing or on someone; to inflict, to repose; also, to place or put (on someone a chiefly immaterial thing, especially something regarded as burdensome).

(UK) To subject (a student) to imposition (“a task inflicted as punishment”).

To encroach or intrude, especially in a manner regarded as unfair or unwarranted; to presume, to take advantage of; also, to be a burden or inconvenience.

To force or put (a thing) on someone or something by deceit or stealth; to foist, to obtrude.

To practise deceit or stealth; to cheat, to deceive, to trick.

To affect authoritatively or forcefully; to influence strongly.

To lay (columns or pages of type, or printing plates) arranged in a proper order on the bed of a press or an imposing stone and secure them in a chase in preparation for printing.

(no longer used) To subject to an impost, levy, tax, etc.

(no longer used) To physically lay or place (something) on another thing; to deposit, to put, to set.

(no longer used) To lay or place (one's hands) on someone as a blessing, during rites of confirmation, ordination, etc.

(figurative, no longer used) To accuse someone of (a crime, or a sin or other wrongdoing); to charge, to impute.

(figurative, no longer used) To appoint (someone) to be in authority or command over other people.

(figurative, no longer used) To put (a conclusion or end) to something definitively.

(no longer used) An act of placing or putting on something chiefly immaterial, especially something regarded as burdensome as a duty, a task, etc.; an imposition.