heaped
/hiːpt/ adjective C2- In a heap. · the heaped dishes waiting to be washed up
- Containing a heap. · a heaped teaspoon of sugar
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The pope heaped attentions upon Rospigliosi and Spada, conferred upon them the insignia of the cardinalate, and induced them to arrange their affairs and take up their residence at Rome.
“Nothing is easier than to begin with fair promises and assurances of nothing to fear; but when poor, silly folks, like my husband there, have been persuaded to tell all they know, the promises and assurances of safety are quickly forgotten; and at some moment when nobody is expecting it, behold trouble and misery, and all sorts of persecutions, are heaped on the unfortunate wretches, who cannot even see whence all their afflictions come.”
The ashes of a fire were heaped in a rude grate.
Every delicious fruit that the four quarters of the globe could provide was heaped in vases from China and jars from Japan.
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