dispost

English

Etymology

dis- + post

Verb

dispost (third-person singular simple present disposts, present participle disposting, simple past and past participle disposted)

  1. (transitive) To eject from a post; to displace.
    • 1609, John Davies of Hereford, The Holy Roode:
      Now, thinke thou see'st this Soule of sacred Zeale,
      This kindling Cole of flaming Charitie,
      Dispossed all in post; not for his weale,
      But, for his further future miserie.)

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