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imponing

imponing is the present participle and gerund of impone.

Meaning of impone

Verb

impone (third-person singular simple present impones, present participle imponing, simple past and past participle imponed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To stake; to wager; to pledge.
    • Against the which he has imponed, as I take it, six French rapiers and poniards.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Questions about imponing

What is imponing the present participle and gerund of?
Imponing is the present participle and gerund of impone.

Words near imponing in the dictionary

  1. impone
  2. imponed
  3. imponent
  4. imponents
  5. impones
  6. imponing
  7. impoofo
  8. impoofoo
  9. impoon
  10. impoons
  11. impoor

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