Dispatch definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DISPATCH, v.t. [L.] 1. To send or send away; particularly ... to death. The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords. Ezek 23. 3. To perform; to ... to finish; as, the business was dispatched in due time. DISPATCH, v.i. To conclude an affair with another; to transact ... and finish. [Not now used.] They have dispatched with Pompey. DISPATCH, n. 1. Speedy performance; execution or transaction of business with ... haste; expedition; due diligence; as, the business was done with dispatch; go, but make dispatch. 3. Conduct; management. [Not used.] ...
dispatch box definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: case ... having a lock) for carrying dispatches or other valuables [syn: dispatch case, dispatch box] Webster's 1913 Dictionary 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 ... business. 2. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance. To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts. --Milton. 3. The ...
Dispatch boat definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary 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 ... business. 2. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance. To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts. --Milton. 3. The finishing ... 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 ...
Despatch definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DESPATCH, [See Dispatch.] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an official report (usually sent in haste) [syn: dispatch, despatch, communique] 2: the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch" [syn: dispatch, despatch, expedition, expeditiousness] 3: killing a person or animal [syn: dispatch, despatch] 4: the act of sending off something [syn: dispatch, despatch, shipment] v 1: send away towards a designated ...
Pneumatic dispatch definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pneumatic Pneu*mat"ic, Pneumatical ... compressed air from the wind chest to move them. Pneumatic dispatch, a system of tubes, leading to various points, through which ... for collecting gases in chemical operations. Pneumatic tube. See Pneumatic dispatch, above.
dispatch case definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: case ... having a lock) for carrying dispatches or other valuables [syn: dispatch case, dispatch box] Merriam Webster's noun Date: circa 1918 a case ...
... 1828 Dictionary HASTE, n. 1. Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other ... 3. undue eagerness to act Synonyms: haste, hurry, speed, expedition, dispatch mean quickness in movement or action. haste applies to personal ... or action < exercises to increase your reading speed >. expedition and dispatch both imply speed and efficiency in handling affairs but expedition stresses ease or efficiency of performance and dispatch stresses promptness in concluding matters < the case came to trial with expedition > < paid bills with dispatch >. II. verb (hasted; hasting) Date: 14th century transitive verb archaic ... to pursue. See Hate.] 1. Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and ...
... still upon the smallest fed. SPEED, v.t. 1. TO dispatch; to send away in haste. He sped him thence home ... shore. 3. TO hasten to a conclusion; to execute; to dispatch; as, to speed judicial acts. 4. To assist; to help ... speed this undertaking. 6. To furnish in haste. 7. To dispatch; to kill; to ruin; to destroy. With a speeding thrust ... the motion of lightning, but in poetry only. 2. Haste; dispatch; as, to perform a journey with speed; to execute an ... state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel. Speed, to ... a cone pulley with steps. Syn: Haste; swiftness; celerity; quickness; dispatch; expedition; hurry; acceleration. See Haste. Webster's 1913 Dictionary ...
... as flowers send forth their fragrance. SEND, v. i. To dispatch an agent or messenger for some purpose. See ye how ... to cause to happen < whatever fate may send > 3. to dispatch by a means of communication 4. a. to direct, order ... him sprawling > 10. delight, thrill intransitive verb 1. a. to dispatch someone to convey a message or do an errand — often used with out < send out for pizza > b. to dispatch a request or order — often used with away 2. transmit ... Sense.] 1. To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a ... Webster's 1913 Dictionary Send Send, v. i. 1. To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or ...
... 1828 Dictionary EXPEDI'TION, n. [L. expeditio.] Haste; speed; quickness; dispatch. The mail is conveyed with expedition. 1. The march of ... property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch" [syn: dispatch, despatch, expedition, expeditiousness] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 15th century ... dition.] 1. The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition. With ... speed, alacrity, briskness, campaign, celerity, circuit, clarification, course, crusade, decisiveness, dispatch, drive, easing, emprise, enterprise, excursion, expediting, expeditiousness, exploration, facilitation, fastness ...
... to pursue. See Hate.] 1. Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other ... make haste, to hasten. Syn: Speed; quickness; nimbleness; swiftness; expedition; dispatch; hurry; precipitance; vehemence; precipitation. Usage: Haste, Hurry, Speed, Dispatch. Haste denotes quickness of action and a strong desire for ... in haste; speed denotes the actual progress which is made; dispatch, the promptitude and rapidity with which things are done. A ... in haste, but never in a hurry. Speed usually secures dispatch.
... bundle or parcel; as a packet of letters. 2. A dispatch-vessel; a ship or other vessel employed by government to ... PACK'ET, v.i. To ply with a packet or dispatch-vessel. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a collection ... packet or bundle. 2. To send in a packet or dispatch vessel. Her husband Was packeted to France. --Ford. Webster's ... Pack"et, v. i. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (packets) 1. A packet is ...
... world; put to death; performed; finished. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Dispatch Dis*patch" (?; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispatched; p ... to finish; to perform. Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we The business we have talked of. --Shak. [The] harvest ... and implying haste. Even with the speediest expedition I will dispatch him to the emperor's cou??. --Shak. 5. To send ... to death. The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords. --Ezek. xxiii. 47. Syn: To expedite ...