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That which is imposed or levied; a tax, tribute, or duty; especially, a duty or tax laid by goverment on goods imported into a country. Even the ship money . . . Johnson could not pronounce to have been an unconstitutional impost. Macaulay.

To apostemate; to form an imposthume or abscess. Arbuthnot.

An abscess; an imposthume. Coxe.

Same as Imposthumate.

One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender. "The fraudulent impostor foul." Milton.

The condition, character, or practice of an impostor. Milton.

A woman who imposes upon or deceives others. [R.] Fuller.

Characterized by imposture; deceitful. "Impostrous pretense of knowledge." Grote.

Imposture; cheating. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating. From new legends And fill the world with follies and impostures. Johnson.

Done by imposture. [Obs.]

Impostrous; deceitful. Strictness fales and impostrous. Beau. & Fl.

Imposture. [Obs.] Fuller.

The quality or condition of being impotent; want of strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility. Some were poor by impotency of nature; as young fatherless children, old decrepit persons, idiots, and cripples. Hayward. O, impotence of mind in body strong! Milton.…

in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; infirm. There sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent inhis feet. Acts xiv. 8. O most lame and impotent conclusion! Shak. Not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. Addison.

In an impotent manner.

or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping. But taken and impounded as a stray, The king of Scots. Shak.

The act of impounding, or the state of being impounded.

One who impounds.

To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.