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takes post

takes post is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take post.

Meaning of take post

Verb

take post (third-person singular simple present takes post, present participle taking post, simple past took post, past participle taken post)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, post. To travel (typically rapidly) by posthorse or post chaise; to arrive and assume a military post.
    • […] I had my Health and Limbs […] and might, with Ease, travel a Day or two on foot, and having a good Certificate of being in perfect Health, might either hire a Horse, or take Post on the Road, as I thought fit.1722 March, H[enry] F[oe] [pseudonym; Daniel Defoe], A Journal of the Plague Year: […], London: […] E[lizabeth] Nutt […]; J. Roberts […]; A. Dodd […]; and J. Graves […], →OCLC, page 14
  2. (archaic, figuratively, intransitive) To travel as quickly as possible by whatever means.
    • I saw her laid low in her kindred’s vault,
      And presently took post to tell it you:c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  3. (archaic, figuratively, intransitive) To begin to serve any position, particularly (UK military, historical) to be named a post-captain.
  4. (archaic, figuratively, intransitive) To establish oneself in a defensive or offensive position.
    • The besieged sprung a Mine under the Assailants first line, which buried Captain Kalkreiter, and some Souldiers. But seeing they could not take post for want of Earth […] it was thought expedient to make a retreat...1687, Roger Manley, The Turkish History […] by Richard Knolles with a Continuation to This Present Year MDCLXXXVII, London: Tho. Basset, page 323

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Takes post is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take post.

Words near takes post in the dictionary

  1. takes part with
  2. takes personally
  3. takes place
  4. takes point
  5. takes possession
  6. takes post
  7. takes potluck
  8. takes pride
  9. takes refuge
  10. takes responsibility
  11. takes revenge

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