impose

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To physically lay or place (something) on another thing; to deposit, to put, to set

• Don't impose your beliefs on other people.

  Dräng anderen nicht deine Ansichten auf.

  Tatoeba · mailohilohi · CC BY 2.0 FR

• We shouldn't impose our opinions on other people.

  Wir sollten unsere Ansichten nicht anderen aufdrängen.

  Tatoeba · CM · CC BY 2.0 FR

auferlegen

To apply, enforce, or establish (something, often regarded as burdensome as a restriction or tax: see verb sense 1.2.2) with authority

auferlegen

To place or put (something chiefly immaterial, especially something regarded as burdensome as a duty, an encumbrance, a penalty, etc.) on another thing or on someone; to inflict, to repose; also, to place or put (on someone a chiefly immaterial thing, especially something regarded as burdensome)

auferlegen

To force or put (a thing) on someone or something by deceit or stealth; to foist, to obtrude

auferlegen

To accuse someone of (a crime, or a sin or other wrongdoing); to charge, to impute

auferlegen

To physically lay or place (something) on another thing; to deposit, to put, to set.; To lay or place (one's hands) on someone as a blessing, during rites of confirmation, ordination, etcselten

auferlegen

To physically lay or place (something) on another thing; to deposit, to put, to set.; To lay (columns or pages of type, or printing plates) arranged in a proper order on the bed of a press or an imposing stone and secure them in a chase in preparation for printingselten

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To subject (a student) to imposition (“a task inflicted as punishment”)selten

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To appoint (someone) to be in authority or command over other peopleselten

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To put (a conclusion or end) to something definitivelyselten