Dictionary

1. (

• enforce ,
• impose ,
• constrain

) compel to behave in a certain way; "Social relations impose courtesy"; "duty constrains one to act often contrary to one's desires or inclinations" ;

2. (

• inflict ,
• bring_down ,
• visit ,
• impose

) impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students" ;

3. (

• levy ,
• impose

) impose and collect; "levy a fine" ;

1. (

• baronial ,
• imposing ,
• noble ,
• stately

) impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns" ;

2. (

• distinguished ,
• grand ,
• imposing ,
• magisterial

) used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty" ;