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unˈpedestal, v.
(un-2 5.) Hence unˈpedestalled ppl. a.
1821Tales Landlord, Witch of Glas Llyn II. 38 Force me not to unpedestal you from the proud height to which my adoring fancy has raised you. 1839Lady Lytton Cheveley (ed. 2) I. xii. 278 He did not think..there was any danger of George Sand's un-pedestaling the..Despinasses of the olden time. 1881T. Hardy Laodicean ii. iii, His well⁓curved youthful form looked like an unpedestaled Dionysus. |