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auferlegen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • assess verb To judge or estimate the value, quality, or extent of something.
  • enjoin verb To order someone firmly to do something.
  • impose verb To officially establish or enforce a rule, tax, or penalty.
  • injunction noun A court order that requires someone to do something or, more often, to stop doing something.

Senses

auferlegen is used for these senses in English:

  • assess (transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.
  • enjoin (transitive, chiefly, literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
  • impose To apply, enforce, or establish (something, often regarded as burdensome as a restriction or tax: see sense 1.2.1) with authority.
  • impose To encroach or intrude, especially in a manner regarded as unfair or unwarranted; to presume, to take advantage of; also, to be a burden or inconvenience.
  • injunction The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.

assess — full definition

  1. verb To judge or estimate the value, quality, or extent of something.
  2. verb To calculate and officially charge an amount, such as a tax or fine.

enjoin — full definition

  1. verb To order someone firmly to do something.
  2. verb To set something down as an official rule that must be followed.
  3. verb To stop someone from doing something by a court order.
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