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imponent

imponent adjective: that imposes a rule.

Adjective

imponent (not comparable)

  1. That imposes a rule.

Noun

imponent (plural imponents)

  1. One who imposes a rule.

Forms of imponent

pluralimponents

Origin of imponent

From Latin impōnēns (“laying aside”), present active participle of impōnō (“to put upon”), from im- + pōnō (“put, place”).

Questions about imponent

What does imponent mean?
Imponent means that imposes a rule.
What part of speech is imponent?
Imponent can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near imponent in the dictionary

  1. imponderables
  2. imponderably
  3. imponderous
  4. impone
  5. imponed
  6. imponent
  7. imponents
  8. impones
  9. imponing
  10. impoofo
  11. impoofoo

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