Imposing

p. a. 1. Laying as a duty; enjoining. 2. Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air or manner.

Large and imposing edifices, imbosomed in the groves of some rich valley. Bp. Hobart.

n. (Print.) The act of putting the pages of a sheet in proper order on the imposing-stone, and preparing them to be printed.