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Imposing

Imposing Meaning & Definition
Imposing Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Imposing: baronial | dignified | distinguished | impressive | magisterial | noble | stately

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Imposing In Webster's Dictionary

\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}.

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