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Definition of pedestalled - 2 dictionary results

ped⋅es⋅tal

  [ped-uh-stl] noun, verb, -taled, -tal⋅ing or (especially British) -talled, -tal⋅ling.
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–noun
1. an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
2. a supporting structure or piece; base.
3. Furniture.
a. a support for a desk, consisting of a boxlike frame containing drawers one above the other.
b. a columnar support for a tabletop.
4. Building Trades. a bulge cast at the bottom of a concrete pile.
–verb (used with object)
5. to put on or supply with a pedestal.
—Idiom
6. set or put on a pedestal, to glorify; idealize: When we first became engaged each of us set the other on a pedestal.
Origin:
1555–65; alter. of MF piedestal < It piedestallo, var. of piedistallo lit., foot of stall. See ped- 2 , de, stall 1
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ped·es·tal   (pěd'ĭ-stəl)   
n.  

  1. An architectural support or base, as for a column or statue.

  2. A support or foundation.

  3. A position of high regard or adoration.

tr.v.   ped·es·taled or ped·es·talled, ped·es·tal·ing or ped·es·tal·ling, ped·es·tals
To place on or provide with a pedestal.

[Obsolete French, from Italian piedestallo : piè, foot (from Latin pēs; see pedi-) + di, of (from Latin dē; see de-) + stallo, stall (of Germanic origin; see stel- in Indo-European roots).]
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