despatch
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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Despatched the boat to the schooner with three cases containing sationery, tobacco, clothing, etc.
From Journals of Australian Explorations by Gregory, Augustus Charles
With Horace and with Tooke's Pantheon, He penn'd his tributary pæan; Despatched his gift, nor waited long The meed of his ingenuous song.
From Collected Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. II by Dobson, Austin
Despatched on their various missions the squads departed.
From Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 by De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)
From the deep urgency with which the Prince Despatched me to your sacred presence, I Must dare to add my feeble voice to that Which now has spoken.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
Despatched two men to view the country to the north-east.
From Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales by Oxley, John
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