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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.0.48 [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. [1913 Webster] 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 WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: dispatch n 1: an official report (usually sent in haste) [syn: {dispatch}, {despatch}, {communique}] 2: the act of sending off something [syn: {dispatch}, {despatch}, {shipment}] 3: the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch" [syn: {dispatch}, {despatch}, {expedition}, {expeditiousness}] 4: killing a person or animal [syn: {dispatch}, {despatch}] v 1: send away towards a designated goal [syn: {dispatch}, {despatch}, {send off}] 2: complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties" [syn: {dispatch}, {discharge}, {complete}] 3: kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" [syn: {murder}, {slay}, {hit}, {dispatch}, {bump off}, {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"