Etymology

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Today it means: The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like. Full definition →

Middle English imposicioun ← Old French imposicion ← Latin impositio
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  1. Latin · derived fromimpositio
  2. Old French · derived fromimposicion
  3. Middle English · inherited fromimposicioun
  4. English todayimposition

From Middle English imposicioun, from Old French imposicion, from Latin impositio.

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