Definitions for: Imposing


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



Webster (1913) Definition: Im*pos"ing, a.
1. Laying as a duty; enjoining.

2. Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as,
an imposing air; an imposing spectacle. ``Large and
imposing edifices.'' --Bp. Hobart.

3. Deceiving; deluding; misleading.


Im*pos"ing, n. (Print.)
The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a
sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4.

Imposing stone (Print.), the stone on which the pages or
columns of types are imposed or made into forms; -- called
also imposing table.

Synonyms: baronial, dignified, distinguished, impressive, magisterial, noble, stately

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