impose upon

I make a distinction between personal essays and memoir, which is a personal distinction, not one I would impose upon others.

But he failed to impose upon the Colonel, and was even far from impressing him with this trumped-up knowledge of bygone days.

He was unjustly accused of an attempt to impose upon the world a spurious volume of letters and papers in the name of Shakspeare.

I have spoken, in a previous chapter, of the privations that Scotch undergraduates will often impose upon themselves.

"He said that I ought to be very careful in my dealings with men, who might impose upon my simplicity," laughed Henriette.

Thus our priests have prudently seized upon the youth to inspire them with ideas that they could never impose upon adults.