dispost
English
editEtymology
editVerb
editdispost (third-person singular simple present disposts, present participle disposting, simple past and past participle disposted)
- (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.)
References
edit- “dispost”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.