Imposing

Im·pos·ing

Imposing

a.
  1. Laying as a duty; enjoining.
  2. Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle.
  3. Deceiving; deluding; misleading.

Imposing

n.
  1. The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4. (Print.)

Phrases & Compounds
Imposing stone
the stone on which the pages or columns of types are imposed or made into forms; -- called also imposing table.