IMPORTUOUS Im*por"tu*ous, a. Etym: [L. importuosus; pref.im- not + portuosus abounding in harbors, fr. portus harbor.]
Defn: Without a port or harbor. [R.]
IMPOSABLE
Im*pos"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. imposable.]
Defn: Capable of being imposed or laid on. Hammond.
IMPOSABLENESS
Im*pos"a*ble*ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being imposable.
IMPOSE
Im*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Imposing.]
Etym: [F. imposer; pref. im- in + poser to place. See Pose, v. t.]
1. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose Within a wicker basket. Chapman.
2. To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute. What fates impose, that men must needs abide. Shak. Death is the penalty imposed. Milton. Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws. Waller.
3. (Eccl.)