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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

impostura

: cf. F.

imposture

. See

The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.

Syn. – Cheat; fraud; trick; imposition; delusion.

Noun.

[L. impostura. See Impose.]

Deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition practiced by a false pretender.

--Form new legends,

And fill the world with follies and impostures.