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imposer

/ɛ̃.po.ze/

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verb/ɛ̃.po.ze/

to impose; to tax (a person, a product), or to impose (a tax); to triumph, to win; to establish oneself, to make a name for oneself; to be required, to be called for

Le régime s'est fait très impopulaire en imposant le vin.The regime made itself very unpopular by taxing wine.

From Latin imponere; by surface analysis im- + poser. Cf. the Old French form emposer.