Assign a post to a person initially seen with Dot (7)
I believe the answer is:
appoint
'assign a post' is the definition.
'appoint' can be an answer for 'assign' (assign can mean to appoint or delegate). I'm unsure of the 'a post' bit.
'a person initially seen with dot' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
'seen with' says to put letters next to each other.
'dot' becomes 'point' (synonyms).
The first letter of 'person' is 'p'.
'a'+'p'+'point'='APPOINT'
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for appoint that I've seen before include "Name" , "Settle" , "Furnish" , "Officially assign" , "Pick" .)