impone

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/ɪmˈpoʊn/

verb

To stake; to wager; to pledge.

OriginLatin imponere →
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Meanings

verbimpone (third-person singular simple present impones, present participle imponing, simple past and past participle imponed)

present singular third person impones · participle present imponing · participle past imponed · past imponed

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo stake; to wager; to pledge.

    Against the which he has imponed, as I take it, six French rapiers and poniards.

    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]

Origin

  1. Latinimponere
  2. Englishimpone

From Latin imponere, impositum (“to place upon”); prefix im- (“in”) + ponere (“to place”). See imposition.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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“impone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impone. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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