DISPATCH
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Dis*patch" (?; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispatched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispatching.] [OF. despeechier, F. dép&ê;cher; 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.
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Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we
The business we have talked of.
Shak.
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[The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
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2. To rid; to free. [Obs.]
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I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge.
Udall.
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3. To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.
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Unless dispatched to the mansion house in the country . . . they perish among the lumber of garrets.
Walpole.
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4. To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.
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Even with the speediest expedition
I will dispatch him to the emperor's cou&unr_;&unr_;.
Shak.
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5. To send out of the world; to put to death.
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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.
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Dis*patch", v. i. To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.
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They have dispatched with Pompey.
Shak.
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Dis*patch", n. [Cf. OF. despeche, F. dép&ê;che. See Dispatch, v. t.] [Written also despatch.] 1. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.
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2. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.
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To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts.
Milton.
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3. The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.
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Serious business, craving quick dispatch.
Shak.
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To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space.
Paley.
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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.
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5. A message transmitted by telegraph. [Modern]
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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.
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