Verb

(pursu)

(obsolete) To follow with harmful intent; to try to harm, to persecute, torment.

To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.

* Wyclif Bible, John xv. 20

The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have pursued' me, they shall ' pursue you also.

* 2009 , Martin Chulov, ‘Iraqi shoe-thrower claims he suffered torture in jail’, The Guardian , 15 Sep 09:

He now feared for his life, and believed US intelligence agents would pursue him.

To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.).

Her rival pursued a quite different course.

To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).

* 2009 , Benjamin Pogrund, ‘Freeze won't hurt Netanyahu’, The Guardian , 1 Dec 09:

He even stands to gain in world terms: his noisy critics strengthen his projected image of a man determined to pursue peace with Palestinians.

To participate in (an activity, business etc.); to practise, follow (a profession).

Verb

(impos)

To establish or apply by authority.

* Milton

Death is the penalty imposed .

Congress imposed new tariffs.

* 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/nyregion/new-jersey-continues-to-cope-with-hurricane-sandy.html?hp]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):

Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare.

to be an inconvenience

I don't wish to impose upon you.

to enforce: compel to behave in a certain way

Social relations impose courtesy

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=December 10 , author=Arindam Rej , title=Norwich 4 - 2 Newcastle , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Norwich soon began imposing themselves on that patched-up defence with Holt having their best early chance, only to see it blocked by Simpson.}}

To practice a trick or deception.

To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.

To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.