impone

To stake; to wager; to pledge.

Verb

  1. 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,...

Origin

From Latin imponere, impositum (“to place upon”); prefix im- (“in”) + ponere (“to place”). See imposition.

Forms

impones imponing imponed