The Meaning of dispatch

• (v. t.) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
• (v. t.) To rid; to free.
• (v. t.) To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.
• (v. t.) To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.
• (v. t.) To send out of the world; to put to death.
• (v. i.) To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.
• (v. t.) The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.
• (v. t.) Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.
• (v. t.) The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) A message transmitted by telegraph.

Synonyms

despatch , communique , despatch , shipment , despatch , expedition , expeditiousness , despatch , despatch , send off , discharge , complete , murder , slay , hit , bump off , off , polish off , remove

Homophones

despatch

Rhymes

attach , bache , batch , brach , bratsch , catch , cratch , detach , drach , flach , fratch , gach , gatch , hach , hatch , krach , lach , lache , latch , latsch , mache , match , matsch , mismatch , natch , overmatch , patch , potlatch , ratch , reattach , rematch , scratch , slatch , smatch , snatch , stach , tache , tatsch , thach , thatch , tkach , unattach , vlach