Im*pos"ing, a. 1.
Laying as a duty; enjoining.
2. Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive;
commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing
spectacle. "Large and imposing edifices." Bp.
Hobart.
3. Deceiving; deluding; misleading.
Im*pos"ing, n. (Print.) The
act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See
Impose, v. t., 4.
Imposing stone (Print.), the stone on
which the pages or columns of types are imposed or made into forms; -
- called also imposing table.