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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.
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set/put on a pedestal, to glorify; idealize: When we first became engaged each of us set the other on a pedestal.
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pedestal
1563, "base supporting a column, statue, etc.," from M.Fr. piédestal (1547), from It. piedistallo "base of a pillar," from pie "foot" + di "of" + stallo "stall, place, seat." Spelling in Eng. influenced by L. pedem "foot." Fig. sense of put (someone) on a pedestal "regard as highly admirable"
EXPAND is attested from 1859.
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