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self-impose

verb

Etymology

From self- + 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. formed as self-impose — “self- + impose”

Definitions

  1. To voluntarily impose on oneself.

    • Pelosi eventually agreed to self-impose term limits, albeit with an escape clause.
    • Louisiana State University is self-imposing penalties on its football program as the NCAA investigates the team for rules violations, according to a report in Sports Illustrated.
    • Kansas has self-imposed a four-game suspension for head coach Bill Self and assistant Kurtis Townsend to begin this season along with several other sanctions, the school announced Wednesday.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at self-impose. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at self-impose. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at self-impose

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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