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.)

References

• “dispost”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.