Dispatch

·vt A message transmitted by telegraph.

II. Dispatch ·vt Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.

III. Dispatch ·vt To send out of the world; to put to death.

IV. Dispatch ·vt To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.

V. Dispatch ·vt To Rid; to Free.

VI. Dispatch ·vi To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.

VII. Dispatch ·vt The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.

VIII. Dispatch ·vt The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.

IX. Dispatch ·vt To send off or away;

— particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, ·etc., on special business, and implying haste.

X. Dispatch ·vt To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to Finish; to Perform.

XI. Dispatch ·vt 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.