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post

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  1. position              
 
1. post \'po-st\ n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG pfosto post; both fr. a 
   prehistoric WGmc word bo]rrowed fr. L postis; akin to Gk pro before and to 
   Gk histasthai to stand - more at FOR, STAND 1: a piece of timber or metal 
   fixed firmly in an upright position esp. as a  stay or support : PILLAR, 
   COLUMN 2: a pole or stake set up to mark or indicate something 
2. post vt 1: to affix to a usual place (as a wall) for public notices : 
   PLACARD  2a: to publish, announce, or advertise by or as if by use of a 
   placard  2b: to denounce by public notice  2c: to enter on a public listing 
    2d: to forbid (property) to trespassers under penalty of legal prosecution 
    by notices placed along the boundaries 2e: SCORE 
3. post n [MF poste relay station, courier, fr. OIt posta relay station, 
   fr.]fem. of posto, pp. of porre to place, fr. L ponere - more at POSITION 
   obs  1: COURIER  archaic  2a: one of a series of stations for keeping 
   horses for relays  2b: the distance between any two such consecutive 
   stations : STAGE  chiefly Brit  3a: a nation's organization for handling 
   mail; also : the mail hand led 3b: a single dispatch of mail  3c: POST 
   OFFICE  3d: POSTBOX 
4. post vi 1: to travel with post-horses  2: to ride or travel with haste : 
   HURRY  archaic  1: to dispatch in haste  2: MAIL  3a: to transfer or carry 
   from a book of original entry to a ledger  3b: to make transfer entries in  
   4: to make familiar with a subject 
5. post av : with post-horses : EXPRESS 
6. post n [MF poste, fr. OIt posto, fr. pp. of porre to place] 1a: the 
   place at which a soldier is stationed; esp : a sentry's bea t or station 
   1b: a station or task to which anyone is assigned  1c: the place at which a 
   body of troops is stationed : CAMP  1d: a local subdivision of a veterans' 
   organization  1e: one of two bugle calls sounded at tattoo (as in the 
   British Army)  2: an office or position to which a person is appointed  3a: 
   TRADING POST, SETTLEMENT  3b: a trading station on the floor of a stock 
   exchange 
7. post vt 1a: to station in a given place  1b: to carry ceremoniously to a 
   position {~ing the colors}  2: to put up (as bond)