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despatch

[ dih-spach ]

verb (used with or without object)



despatch

/ dɪˈspætʃ /

verb

  1. tr a less common spelling of dispatch
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • desˈpatcher, noun
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Other Words From

  • outdes·patch verb (used with object)
  • undes·patched adjective
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Example Sentences

They include signed photographs of Eisenhower and Field Marshal Montgomery, as well as paintings and a red leather despatch box.

Send out your invitations by a servant, or man hired for the purpose; do not trust them to despatch or penny post.

At about one o'clock the young lady approached Dr. Brownlow, and asked him to write, in her name, a despatch to Jeff.

Eschar to be gone, I sent my letters by a porter to the posthouse in Southwark to be sent by despatch to the Downs.

Easily enough; we can get a hoondee on this place, and send it to him in a letter, or we can despatch a man with it.

The same weapon, a few minutes later, was used for the despatch of Egmont's friend, Count Horn.

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