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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Dispatch \Dis*patch"\ (?; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Dispatched; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispatching.] [OF.
     despeechier, F. d['e]p[^e]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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we
              The business we have talked of.       --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              [The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day
              dispatcheth all the harvest work.     --Robynson
                                                    (More's
                                                    Utopia).
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To rid; to free. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge.
                                                    --Udall.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Unless dispatched to the mansion house in the
              country . . . they perish among the lumber of
              garrets.                              --Walpole.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending
        off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special
        business, and implying haste.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Even with the speediest expedition
              I will dispatch him to the emperor's cou??. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To send out of the world; to put to death.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              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.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Dispatch \Dis*patch"\ (?; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Dispatched; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispatching.] [OF.
     despeechier, F. d['e]p[^e]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.
  
              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.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dispatching
     n.
     1 The sending of somebody or something to a destination for a
  purpose.
     2 (lb en informal) burial
     vb.
     (present participle of en dispatch nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  dispatching
     n.
     1 The sending of somebody or something to a destination for a
  purpose.
     2 (lb en informal) burial
     vb.
     (present participle of en dispatch nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  dispatching
     n.
     1 The sending of somebody or something to a destination for a
  purpose.
     2 (lb en informal) burial
     vb.
     (present participle of en dispatch nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  dispatching
     n.
     1 The sending of somebody or something to a destination for a
  purpose.
     2 (lb en informal) burial
     vb.
     (present participle of en dispatch nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dispatching
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm d ispatch ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dispatching
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en dispatch ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb dispatch)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Dispatching /dɪspˈatʃɪŋ/
  البعث

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dispatching /dɪspˈatʃɪŋ/ 
  odeslání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dispatching /dɪspˈatʃɪŋ/ 
  odbavování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dispatching /dɪspˈatʃɪŋ/ 
  dispečink

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dispatching /dɪspˈatʃɪŋ/
  Dispositionsbereich , Dispobereich  [ugs.] , Disposition  [econ.]  [transp.]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dispatching /dɪspˈatʃɪŋ/
  entsendend, kommandierend, schickend
   see: dispatch sb., dispatched, dispatch troops to Iraq
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dispatching /dɪspˈatʃɪŋ/
  erledigend, erfüllend, abschließend
   see: dispatch, dispatched
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dispatching /dɪspˈatʃɪŋ/
  expedierend
     Synonyms: sending, forwarding
  
   see: dispatch, send, forward, dispatched, sent, forwarded
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dispatching /dɪspˈatʃɪŋ/
  versendend, verschickend, abschickend, spedierend, abfertigend, ausliefernd
     Synonyms: despatching, shipping
  
   see: dispatch sth., despatch sth., ship sth., dispatched, despatched, shipped, dispatches, despatches, ships, dispatched, despatched, shipped
  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/dɪˈspætʃɪŋ/

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     调度

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