1692 W. Hope Compl. Fencing-master (ed. 2) 7 Respost is when a Man hath given in a Thrust,..then he is said to receive a Thrust upon the respost or back of the Parrade.

1735 Sportsman's Dict. II Reposte, is the vindictive motion of a horse, that answers the spur with a kick of his foot.

1771 A. Lonnergan Fencer's Guide 87 This [wrenching] differs from whirling; because you limit it not as you do the whirl, to get a good Repost.

1861 G. Chapman Rev. Art Fencing i. 19 The direct return thrust (Repost) or attack after the parry..should be delivered with the greatest rapidity.

1885 E. Castle Schools & Masters of Fence 138 The parry had to be formed in such a way as to act as a repost.

1939 L. Hart in Mil. Affairs 44 72 The effect of direct resistance is extended by reposts both strategic and tactical.

2003 Port St. Lucie (Florida) News (Nexis) 24 Apr. e1 Moran and student Debbie Johnson demonstrate parries, repostes, feints, and lunges.

1983 Newsite: Sequel in net.news.newsite (Usenet newsgroup) 22 Apr. This is a repost of sequel.105; I got several people complaining the article got squashed somewhere.

1996 Washington Post (Nexis) 11 Jan. c7 Up came quotes from my stories, reposts of things I'd written and transcriptions of newsgroup discussions I'd taken part in.

2002 M. Collier Starting eBay Business for Dummies ix. 185 They provide sales history reposts for your item sales.

1609 tr. ‘J. Ursinus’ Romane Conclaue 182 Now must they erect..an order that must studie Matchiauell, entertaine intelligence, and able in it selfe to negotiat in Princes affaires, without posting and reposting, to the view of the world, for their dispatches to Rome.

1619 T. Gainsford True Exemplary Earle of Tirone 36 That posted and reposted through the Kingdome at his pleasure, as if Maiesty meant to kisse him in the chaire of successe.

1824 New Monthly Mag. 10 125 Mr. Goold flew to Beaconsfield; was too late to catch the viceroy, who had already set out for Ireland; passed some days with Burke; reposted to Dublin, the bearer of a powerful introduction to the favour of Lord Fitzwilliam.

1864 Edinb. Reb. July 66 We remember a regulation that letters to Australia viâ India should be addressed to some person in the latter country, who should receive the letter, pay threepence upon it, and repost it!

1914 E. L. Fox tr. A. K. Graves Secrets of German War Office x. 180 Of course the letters were sent from the Continent to London and there reposted.

1963 Times 9 Jan. 4/7 Having stolen those postal packets, counsel said, the defendant extracted the passbooks and then reposted them to the building societies.

1977 Lancs. Life Nov. 83/3 There were four letters in the box, none of which was addressed to us. Three I re-delivered.., the other I re-posted.

2006 G. Hutchinson In Search of Nella Larsen 556 The letter had been sent to California and then reposted from there.

1691 W. Hope Swordman's Vade-mecum 61 An Artist may..be Contre-temped or Resposted.

1702 H. Blackwell Eng. Fencing-master 34 If your Thrust should be parried after drawing your Left-Foot after you, it is impossible you should recover before your Adversary reposts you.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair li. 454 The little woman..parried and reposted with a home-thrust.

1885 E. Castle Schools & Masters of Fence 138 As the fashion in swords became lighter and shorter, the advantage of parrying first and reposting afterwards became more obvious.

1930 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 22 June (Mag. section) 8/2 The next time he swung I was ready and, after parrying, I reposted as hard and quickly as I possibly could.

1963 Weirton (W. Va.) Daily Times 24 Oct. 4/17 I forgot to report how quick His Majesty is in parrying pointed questions. He told me of some he had reposted recently.

2008 P. M. May Demon 329 He was playing a defensive waiting game, happy to parry and repost until he could find a weakness, or a chance to cheat.

1718 J. Smedley Acct. Late Rebellion & Present Controv. Eng. Clergy iii. 31 Most of the same Men..are reposted in their former, or in other Places of publick Employment and Trust.

1828 Oriental Herald Feb. 366 They [sc. the officers] should not have been immediately re-posted to their former regiments.

1846 Times 5 Feb. 6/4 The 5th Regiment Light Cavalry have been reposted to the Governor-General's escort.

1920 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 19 299 A recruitment was made at Muanza of ex-German dressers who subsequently proceeded to Daressalaam,..and were subsequently reposted.

1960 H. Conroy Japanese Seizure of Korea 187 In 1887 the chargé ad interim was reposted to Shanghai as consul.

1987 M. Hamilton Origins of Iranian-Amer. Alliance vi. 87 Morris came to Iran in the spring of 1944 after Dreyfus had been reposted to Iceland.

2008 Fort McMurray (Alberta) Today (Nexis) 31 Oct. a1 Jean..doesn't expect to be reposted to that position now held by a different minister.

1982 Whether to install 2.0 News in net.news.b (Usenet newsgroup) 10 Mar. If there is significant demand..I'll repost the whole thing.

1993 H. Rheingold Virtual Community: Homesteading on Electronic Frontier 127 The volunteer editor of a FAQ reposts the latest version to the newsgroup every two weeks.

2002 Daily Mirror 31 May 54/5 The moment it appears on the net, it's ‘in the wild’ and can be reposted, swapped and distributed indefinitely.