A decree issued by a sovereign.

A road with no exit; a cul-de-sac. / (figuratively) A deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made.

(obsolete) To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang. / (intransitive) Figuratively to hang over (someone) as a threat or danger.

(grammar) A tense used to describe a past action that is ongoing, incomplete or continuous, or coincident with another action.

(transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.

simple past tense and past participle of impose

treating all parties, rivals, or disputants equally; not partial; not biased

(US, automotive) Chevrolet Impala.

(painting) The use of a thick-bodied paint to create peaks and crests that physically extend from the surface of a painting.

(painting) to paint in thick-bodied paint; to paint in impasto style