Words Containing Dispatch
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Definition of dispatch
- v. t. - To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute
quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
- v. t. - To rid; to free.
- v. t. - To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.
- v. t. - To send off or away; -- particularly applied to
sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business,
and implying haste.
- v. t. - To send out of the world; to put to death.
- v. i. - To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a
matter of business.
- v. t. - The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or
on important business.
- v. t. - Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.
- v. t. - The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as
of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - A message transmitted by telegraph.