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Dis*patch" (?; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispatched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispatching.] [OF. despeechier, F. dépêcher; prob. from pref. des- (L. dis-) + (assumed) LL. pedicare to place obstacles in the way, fr. L. pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf. Impeach, Despatch.] [Written also despatch.] 1. To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we
The business we have talked of.
Shak.

[The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work.
Robynson (More's Utopia).

2. To rid; to free. [Obs.]

I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge.
Udall.

3. To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.

Unless dispatched to the mansion house in the country . . . they perish among the lumber of garrets.
Walpole.

4. To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.

Even with the speediest expedition
I will dispatch him to the emperor's cou&?;&?;.
Shak.

5. To send out of the world; to put to death.

The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords.
Ezek. xxiii. 47.

Syn. -- To expedite; hasten; speed; accelerate; perform; conclude; finish; slay; kill.

Dis*patch", v. i. To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.

They have dispatched with Pompey.
Shak.

Dis*patch", n. [Cf. OF. despeche, F. dépêche. See Dispatch, v. t.] [Written also despatch.] 1. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.

2. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.

To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts.
Milton.

3. The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.

Serious business, craving quick dispatch.
Shak.

To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space.
Paley.

4. A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.

5. A message transmitted by telegraph. [Modern]

Dispatch boat, a swift vessel for conveying dispatches; an advice boat. -- Dispatch box, a box for carrying dispatches; a box for papers and other conveniences when traveling.

Syn. -- Haste; hurry; promptness; celerity; speed. See Haste.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • To send with promptness
  • # To send a shipment
  • # To send an important official message sent by a diplomat or military officer
  • To send quickly
  • To hurry
  • To defeat
  • To deprive (obsolete)
  • To destroy quickly and efficiently
  • # To kill quickly and efficiently
  • A message sent quickly
  • # A shipment
  • # Prompt settlement of a business
  • # An important official message sent by a diplomat, or military officer
  • The act of dispatching
  • # The act of getting rid of something quickly
  • # A kill
  • A dismissal (obsolete)
  • Promptness and efficiency in a performance
  • Promptness and efficiency in a transmission
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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