vt. 派遣

vi. 派遣

n. 派遣

Despatch \De*spatch"\, n. & v.
Same as {Dispatch}.

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}.


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.