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<hw>Dis*patch"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>despeche</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82p\'88che</ets>. See <er>Dispatch</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>despatch</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.</def>

<blockquote>To the utter <b>dispatch</b> of all their most beloved comforts. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.</def>

<blockquote>Serious business, craving quick <b>dispatch</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient <b>dispatch</b> through a sufficient space. <i>Paley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>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>as, a messenger has arrived with <ex>dispatches</ex> for the American minister; naval or military <ex>dispatches</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A message transmitted by telegraph.</def> <mark>[Modern]</mark>

<cs><col>Dispatch boat</col>, <cd>a swift vessel for conveying dispatches; an advice boat.</cd> -- <col>Dispatch box</col>, <cd>a box for carrying dispatches; a box for papers and other conveniences when traveling.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Haste; hurry; promptness; celerity; speed. See <er>Haste</er>.</syn>

<h1>Dispatcher</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*patch"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who dispatches.</def>

<h1>Dispatchful</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*patch"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task; indicating haste; quick; <as>as, <ex>dispatchful</ex> looks</as>.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Dispatchment</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*patch"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>despechement</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of dispatching.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>State Trials (1529).</i>

<h1>Dispathy</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis"pa*thy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dispathies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + Gr. <?/ passion. See <er>Pathos</er>.]</ety> <def>Lack of sympathy; want of passion; apathy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Many discrepancies and some <b>dispathies</b> between us. <i>Southey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dispauper</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*pau"per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To deprive of the claim of a pauper to public support; to deprive of the privilege of suing <i>in forma pauperis</i>.</def>

<h1>Dispauperize</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*pau"per*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To free a state of pauperism, or from paupers.</def>

<i>J. S. Mill.</i>

<h1>Dispeed</h1> <Xpage=428>