Part 3258

<i>Sir W. Temple.</i>

<h1>Dispassionate</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*pas"sion*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed.</def>

<blockquote>Wise and <b>dispassionate</b> men. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or bias; impartial; <as>as, <ex>dispassionate</ex> proceedings; a <ex>dispassionate</ex> view.</as></def>

<syn>Syn. -- Calm; cool; composed serene; unimpassioned; temperate; moderate; impartial; unruffled.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Dis*pas"sion*ate*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Dis*pas"sion*ate*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Dispassioned</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*pas"sioned</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Free from passion; dispassionate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "<i>Dispassioned</i> men."

<i>Donne.</i>

<h1>Dispatch</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*patch"</hw> <tt>(?; 224)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dispatched</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dispatching</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>despeechier</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82p\'88cher</ets>; prob. from pref. <ets>des-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + (assumed) LL. <ets>pedicare</ets> to place obstacles in the way, fr. L. <ets>pedica</ets> fetter, fr. <ets>pes</ets>, <ets>pedis</ets>, foot. See <er>Foot</er>, and cf. <er>Impeach</er>, <er>Despatch</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>despatch</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.</def>

<blockquote>Ere we put ourselves in arms, <b>dispatch</b> we The business we have talked of. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote> harvest men . . . almost in one fair day <b>dispatcheth</b> all the harvest work. <i>Robynson (More's Utopia).</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To rid; to free.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I had clean <b>dispatched</b> myself of this great charge. <i>Udall.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.</def>

<blockquote>Unless <b>dispatched</b> to the mansion house in the country . . . they perish among the lumber of garrets. <i>Walpole.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.</def>

<blockquote>Even with the speediest expedition I will <b>dispatch</b> him to the emperor's cou<?/<?/. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To send out of the world; to put to death.</def>

<blockquote>The company shall stone them with stones, and <b>dispatch</b> them with their swords. <i>Ezek. xxiii. 47.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To expedite; hasten; speed; accelerate; perform; conclude; finish; slay; kill.</syn>

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<hw>Dis*patch"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.</def>

<blockquote>They have <b>dispatched</b> with Pompey. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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