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


  Dispatch \Dis*patch"\, v. i.
     To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of
     business.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           They have dispatched with Pompey.        --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

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


  Dispatch \Dis*patch"\, n. [Cf. OF. despeche, F. d['e]p[^e]che.
     See Dispatch, v. t.] [Written also despatch.]
     1. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on
        important business.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved
              comforts.                             --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of
        business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Serious business, craving quick dispatch. --Shak.
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              To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch
              through a sufficient space.           --Paley.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. A message transmitted by telegraph. [Modern]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
          [1913 Webster]

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.]
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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.
        [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.
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              Even with the speediest expedition
              I will dispatch him to the emperor's cou??. --Shak.
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     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"\, v. i.
     To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of
     business.
  
           They have dispatched with Pompey.        --Shak.

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


  Dispatch \Dis*patch"\, n. [Cf. OF. despeche, F. d['e]p[^e]che.
     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.

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 WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  dispatch
       n 1: an official report (usually sent in haste) [syn: despatch,
             communique]
       2: the act of sending off something [syn: despatch, shipment]
       3: the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done
          with dispatch" [syn: despatch, expedition, expeditiousness]
       4: killing a person or animal [syn: despatch]
       v 1: send away towards a designated goal [syn: despatch, send
            off]
       2: complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties" [syn: discharge,
           complete]
       3: kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss
          ordered his enemies murdered" [syn: murder, slay, hit,
           bump off, polish off, remove]
       4: dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently; "He
          dispatched the task he was assigned"
       5: kill without delay; "the traitor was dispatched by the
          conspirators"

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


  dispatch
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 αποστέλλω
     2 αναφορά, αναφέρω σε ασύρματο ή απλά λεω ειδήσεις
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 αποστέλλω
     2 αναφορά, αναφέρω σε ασύρματο ή απλά λεω ειδήσεις

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


  dispatch
     n.
     A message#Noun send#Verb quickly, as a shipment, a prompt#Adjective
  settlement of a business, or an important official#Adjective message
  sent by a diplomat, government official#Noun, military officer, etc.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.
     2 (lb en transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.
     3 (lb en transitive) To send (an important official message)
  promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
     4 (lb en transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to
  report.

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


  dispatch
     n.
     A message#Noun send#Verb quickly, as a shipment, a prompt#Adjective
  settlement of a business, or an important official#Adjective message
  sent by a diplomat, government official#Noun, military officer, etc.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.
     2 (lb en transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.
     3 (lb en transitive) To send (an important official message)
  promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
     4 (lb en transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to
  report.

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


  dispatch
     n.
     A message#Noun send#Verb quickly, as a shipment, a prompt#Adjective
  settlement of a business, or an important official#Adjective message
  sent by a diplomat, government official#Noun, military officer, etc.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.
     2 (lb en transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.
     3 (lb en transitive) To send (an important official message)
  promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
     4 (lb en transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to
  report.

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


  dispatch
     n.
     A message#Noun send#Verb quickly, as a shipment, a prompt#Adjective
  settlement of a business, or an important official#Adjective message
  sent by a diplomat, government official#Noun, military officer, etc.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.
     2 (lb en transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.
     3 (lb en transitive) To send (an important official message)
  promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
     4 (lb en transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to
  report.

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


  dispatch
     Englanti n.
     1 lähettää
     2 sanoma
     3 ilmoitus, raportti
     4 (yhteys k=en vanhahtava ylätyyliä) nopeus, joutuisuus
     Englanti vb.
     1 lähettää
     2 lähettää matkaan, panna menemään
     3 (yhteys k=en ylätyyliä) toimittaa, selvittää, suorittaa, suorittaa
  loppuun
     4 (yhteys k=en ylätyyliä) tappaa, lopettaa (''eläin'')

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


  dispatch
     Engelska n.
     1 depesch
     2 utskick, avsändning, expendiering
     Engelska vb.
     1 försända, skicka iväg
     2 expediera

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  dispatch /dɪspˈatʃ/
  1. afsend
  2. afwikkel, beklink

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


  Dispatch /dɪspˈatʃ/
  الإرسالية

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  dispatch //dəˈspæt͡ʃ// //dɪˈspætʃ// 
  1. експедиция
  act of dispatching
  2. депеша, телеграма
  message sent quickly

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  dispatch //dəˈspæt͡ʃ// //dɪˈspætʃ// 
  1. бързам
  to hurry
  2. пращам
  to send with promptness