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dispatch \dispatch"\ ?; 224, v. t. imp. p. p.
dispatched; p. pr. vb. n. dispatching. of.
despeechier, f. d'ep^echer; 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??. --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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see also:
dispatched dispatching foot impeach despatch despatch
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