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)
- (obsolete, transitive) To stake; to wager; to pledge.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
- Against the which he has imponed, as I take it, six French rapiers and poniards.
References
“impone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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