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Bible Dictionaries
Dispatch
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) A message transmitted by telegraph.
(2):
(v. t.) The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.
(3):
(v. t.) Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.
(4):
(v. t.) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
(5):
(v. t.) To rid; to free.
(6):
(v. t.) To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.
(7):
(v. t.) To send off or away; - particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.
(8):
(v. t.) To send out of the world; to put to death.
(9):
(v. i.) To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.
(10):
(v. t.) 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.
(11):
(v. t.) The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dispatch'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/dispatch.html. 1828.
