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despatch vt.
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n. 派遣 派遣 despatch調度 despatch n 1: an official report ( usually sent in haste) [ synonym: { dispatch}, { despatch}, { communique}] 2: the property of being prompt and efficient; " it was done with dispatch" [ synonym: { dispatch}, { despatch}, { expedition}, { expeditiousness}] 3: killing a person or animal [ synonym: { dispatch}, { despatch}] 4: the act of sending off something [ synonym: { dispatch}, { despatch}, { shipment}] v 1: send away towards a designated goal [ synonym: { dispatch}, { despatch}, { send off}] Despatch \ De* spatch"\, n. & v. Same as { Dispatch}. [ 1913 Webster]
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]
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]
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