impone

See also: imponé

English

Etymology

From 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.
   • 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.

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