Definitions for despatch
dɪˈspætʃdespatch

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dispatch, despatch, communiquenoun

   an official report (usually sent in haste)

2. dispatch, despatch, expedition, expeditiousnessnoun

   the property of being prompt and efficient

   "it was done with dispatch"

3. dispatch, despatchnoun

   killing a person or animal

4. dispatch, despatch, shipmentverb

   the act of sending off something

5. dispatch, despatch, send offverb

   send away towards a designated goal

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Despatchnoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. Hasty execution; speedy performance.

   Affected despatch is one of the most dangerous things to business that can be. Francis Bacon.

   You’d see, could you her inward motions watch,
   Feigning delay, she wishes for despatch;
   Then to a woman’s meaning would you look,
   Then read her backward. George Granville.

   The despatch of a good office is very often as beneficial to the solicitor as the good office itself. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

   2. Conduct; management. Obsolete.

   You shall put
   This night’s great business into my despatch,
   Which shall, to all our nights and days to come,
   Give solely sovereign sway and masterdom. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   3. Express; hasty messenger or message; as, despatches were sent away.

2. To DESPATCHverb

   Etymology: depescher, French.

   1. To send away hastily.

   Doctor Theodore Coleby, a sober and intelligent man, I despatched immediately to Utrecht, to bring me some of the moxa, and learn the exact method of using it, from the man that sold it. William Temple.

   The good Æneas, whose paternal care
   Julus’ absence could no longer bear,
   Despatch’d Achates to the ships in haste,
   To give a glad relation of the past. John Dryden, Virg. Æn.

   2. To send out of the world; to put to death.

   Edmund, I think, is gone,
   In pity of his misery, to despatch
   His nighted life. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   And the company shall stone them with stones, and despatch them with their swords. Ezek. xxiii. 47.

   In combating, but two of you will fall;
   And we resolve we will despatch you all. Dryden.

   Despatch me quickly, I may death forgive;
   I shall grow tender else, and wish to live. John Dryden, Ind. Emp.

   3. To perform a business quickly; as, I despatched my affairs, and ran hither.

   Therefore commanded he his chariot man to drive without ceasing, and to despatch the journey, the judgment of God now following him. 2 Mac. ix. 4.

   No sooner is one action despatched, which, by such a determination as the will, we are set upon, but another uneasiness is ready to set us on work. John Locke.

   4. To conclude an affair with another.

   What, are the brothers parted?
   —— They have despatch’d with Pompey; he is gone. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. despatch

   Despatch, a less common spelling of dispatch, primarily means to send off or away with speed, like sending a message or mailing a package. It can also refer to the act of killing someone or something swiftly and efficiently, or it can denote a written message or report.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Despatch

   same as Dispatch

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Despatch

   The Despatch was a brig noted for having shipwrecked near Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland, and for the subsequent heroic rescue of many of its passengers and crew. The Despatch was partly owned by William Lancaster of Workington, England. On May 29, 1828 she set sail from Derry, Ireland en route to Quebec with eleven crew and 200 passengers, almost all of whom were Irish emigrants hoping to escape the poverty then prevailing in Ireland. The ship ran aground July 10, 1828 on a small, bare rocky island near Isle aux Morts off the south coast of the Island of Newfoundland. A seventeen-year-old girl from the area, Ann Harvey, along with her father, her twelve-year-old brother and a dog, rescued 160 people from the wreck between the twelfth and fifteenth of July. As a result, Ann Harvey became known as the Grace Darling of Newfoundland. The English government later awarded them a medal and a sum of money for their heroic feat. Survivors were taken to Halifax aboard HMS Tyne.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Despatch

   de-spach′, Dispatch, dis-pach′, v.t. to send away hastily: to send out of the world: to put to death: to dispose of: to perform speedily.—v.i. (Shak.) to make haste.—n. a sending away in haste: dismissal: rapid performance: haste: the sending off of the mails: that which is despatched, as a message, esp. telegraphic.—ns. Despatch′-boat, a government vessel for carrying despatches; Despatch′-box, a box for containing official despatches; Despatch′er.—adv. Despatch′ful (Milt.), swift.—Happy despatch, a playful name given to the Japanese hara-kiri or judicial suicide; Pneumatic despatch (see Pneumatic). [O. Fr. despeecher (mod. Fr. dépêcher); acc. to Littré, from an assumed Low L. despedicāre, to remove obstacles (pedica, a fetter), the opp. of impedicāre. See Impeach.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. despatch

   An official military letter sent by the commander of an army in the field to the authorities at home. The term is also applied to the military letters giving an account of military operations sent by subordinate officers holding detached commands to the general of an army in the field. See Dispatches.

Matched Categories

1. • Killing
   • Quickness
   • Report

How to pronounce despatch?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of despatch in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of despatch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of despatch in a Sentence

1. Feltham:

   The hooting fowler seldom takes much game. When a man has a project in his mind, digested and fixed by consideration, it is wise to keep it secret till the time that his designs arrive at their despatch and perfection. He is unwise who brags much either of what he will do or what he shall have, for if what he speaks of fall not out accordingly, instead of applause, a mock and scorn will follow him.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=despatch
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=despatch
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/despatch
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=despatch
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=despatch
7. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html