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overimpose

verb

Etymology

From over- + impose.

  1. derived from impositus — “established; put upon, imposed”
  2. derived from *h₂pó✻
  3. derived from impōnō — “to place or set (something) on; (figurative) to impose (a duty, tax, etc.)”
  4. derived from emposer
  5. derived from imposer
  6. inherited from imposen — “to place, set; to impose (a duty, etc.)”
  7. prefixed as overimpose — “over + impose”

Definitions

  1. To impose too much or too often.

    • a state that overimposes capital punishment
    • an attempt to overimpose order on a teenager's messy bedroom

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