What is the meaning of imposing?

verb

• Compel to behave in a certain way.
  • usage: "Social relations impose courtesy"
  • synonyms: enforce, impose
• Impose something unpleasant.
  • usage: "The principal visited his rage on the students"
  • synonyms: inflict, bring down, visit, impose
• Impose and collect.
  • usage: "levy a fine"
  • synonyms: levy, impose

adjective

• Impressive in appearance.
  • usage: "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"
  • synonyms: baronial, noble, stately
• Used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person.
  • usage: "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty"
  • synonyms: distinguished, grand, magisterial