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im·post [ ím pst ] (plural im·posts)


noun 
Definition:
 
arch support: the top part of a pillar, column, or wall, which may be decorated or molded and on which a vault or arch rests

[Mid-16th century. < French< Latin impostus impositus, past participle of imponere (see impose)]
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