Imposture Definition

ĭm-pŏschər
impostures
noun
impostures
The act or practice of an impostor; fraud; deception.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Imposture

Noun

Singular:
imposture
Plural:
impostures

Origin of Imposture

  • French from Old French from Late Latin impostūra from Latin impostus variant of impositus past participle of impōnere to place upon impose

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French imposture, from Late Latin impostura, Latin impostus

    From Wiktionary

Imposture Sentence Examples

  • The belief in the appearance of the mandi readily lent itself to imposture.

  • And so the Messianic imposture ended in the apostacy of Sabbatai.

  • The strong feeling against the Roman Catholics had h been quickened into a flame, by a great imposture.

  • In this doubtless he derived much advantage from his knowledge of chemistry, though the science was as yet not disentangled from the secret traditions of alchemy, and was often mixed up with imposture.

  • In 1436 an impostor appeared, professing to be Joan of Arc escaped from the flames, who succeeded in inducing many people to believe in her statement, but afterwards confessed her imposture.

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EREURE

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