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| impost [ ím pōst ] (plural imposts) |
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arch support: the top part of a pillar, column, or wall, which may be decorated or moulded and on which a vault or arch rests
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| [Mid-16th century. < French< Latin impostus impositus, past participle of imponere (see impose)] |
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