Imposes
[im'pəuziz]
Examples
- Even the experimental work imposes no slight burden on it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was a profound observation when Bernard Shaw said that men dread liberty because of the bewildering responsibility it imposes and the uncommon alertness it demands. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In some provinces of France, the king not only imposes what taxes he thinks proper, but assesses and levies them in the way he thinks proper. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The want of parsimony, in time of peace, imposes the necessity of contracting debt in time of war. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This danger imposes upon the school a steadying and integrating office. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The act of the mind, exprest by a promise, is not a resolution to perform any thing: For that alone never imposes any obligation. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- When we observe them separated in any person's character, this imposes a kind of violence on our imagination, and is disagreeable. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- A prince, who imposes a tax upon his subjects, expects their compliance. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
Typist: Naomi