- despatch
- despatch 18c. variant of DISPATCH (Cf. dispatch) (q.v.), apparently the result of an error in the printing of Johnson's dictionary.
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Despatch — may refer to: Contents 1 Business 2 Computers and software 3 Military terminology 4 Places 5 … Wikipedia
Despatch — Administration Pays … Wikipédia en Français
despatch — de‧spatch [dɪˈspætʆ] verb [transitive] TRANSPORT another spelling of dispatch see also advice of despatch * * * despatch UK US /dɪˈspætʃ/ verb ► UK … Financial and business terms
Despatch — De*spatch , n. & v. Same as {Dispatch}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
despatch — index delegate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
despatch — see dispatch … Modern English usage
despatch — [di spach′] vt., n. var. of DISPATCH … English World dictionary
despatch — 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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
despatch — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
despatch — I. v. a. [Written also Dispatch.] 1. Send away (in haste). 2. Kill, slay, slaughter, assassinate, put to death, send out of the world. 3. Hasten, expedite, accelerate, forward, speed, quicken, finish, conclude, wind up, push or urge forward,… … New dictionary of synonyms
