imposer

From impose +‎ -er.

imposer (plural imposers)

1. One who imposes.

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “imposer”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “imposer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• porimes, promise, semipro

From Latin imponere; by surface analysis im- +‎ poser. Cf. the Old French form emposer.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.po.ze/

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imposer

1. to impose
2. to tax (a person, a product), or to impose (a tax)

   Le régime s'est fait très impopulaire en imposant le vin.

   The regime made itself very unpopular by taxing wine.

3. (reflexive) to triumph, to win

   Il s'est imposé vendredi devant Beat Feuz.

   On Friday he triumphed over Beat Feuz.

4. (reflexive) to establish oneself, to make a name for oneself
5. (reflexive) to be required, to be called for

   Quelques précisions s'imposent.

   Some clarifications are called for.

• en imposer
• imposant
• impôt

• “imposer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• promise