"imposing" in the verb sense
1. enforce, impose, constrain
compel to behave in a certain way
"Social relations impose courtesy"
"duty constrains one to act often contrary to one's desires or inclinations"
2. inflict, bring down, visit, impose
impose something unpleasant
"The principal visited his rage on the students"
3. levy, impose
impose and collect
"levy a fine"
"imposing" in the adjective sense
1. baronial, imposing, noble, stately
impressive in appearance
"a baronial mansion"
"an imposing residence"
"a noble tree"
"severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"
"stately columns"
2. distinguished, grand, imposing, magisterial
used of a person's appearance or behavior befitting an eminent person
"his distinguished bearing"
"the monarch's imposing presence"
"she reigned in magisterial beauty"
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