Found 3 items, similar to Dispatch.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: dispatch kabar, memberangkatkan, pemberangkatan, pengiriman
English → English (WordNet) Definition: dispatch dispatch v 1: send away towards a designated goal [syn: despatch, send off ] 2: complete or carry out; “discharge one's duties” [syn: discharge, complete] 3: kill intentionally and with premeditation; “The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered” [syn: murder, slay, hit, bump off, polish off, remove] 4: dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently; “He dispatched the task he was assigned” 5: kill without delay; “the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators” dispatch n 1: an official report (usually sent in haste) [syn: despatch, communique] 2: the act of sending off something [syn: despatch, shipment] 3: the property of being prompt and efficient; “it was done with dispatch” [syn: despatch, expedition, expeditiousness] 4: killing a person or animal [syn: despatch]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Dispatch Dispatch \Dis*patch"\, v. i. To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business. [1913 Webster] They have dispatched with Pompey. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Dispatch \Dis*patch"\, n. [Cf. OF. despeche, F. d['e]p[^e]che. See Dispatch, v. t.] [Written also despatch.] 1. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business. [1913 Webster] 2. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance. [1913 Webster] To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste. [1913 Webster] Serious business, craving quick dispatch. --Shak. [1913 Webster] To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space. --Paley. [1913 Webster] 4. 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. [1913 Webster] 5. A message transmitted by telegraph. [Modern] [1913 Webster] Dispatch boat, a swift vessel for conveying dispatches; an advice boat. Dispatch box, a box for carrying dispatches; a box for papers and other conveniences when traveling. Syn: Haste; hurry; promptness; celerity; speed. See Haste. [1913 Webster] Dispatch \Dis*patch"\ (?; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispatched; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispatching.] [OF. despeechier, F. d['e]p[^e]cher; prob. from pref. des- (L. dis-) + (assumed) LL. pedicare to place obstacles in the way, fr. L. pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf. Impeach, Despatch.] [Written also despatch.] 1. To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform. [1913 Webster] Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we The business we have talked of. --Shak. [1913 Webster] [The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work. --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster] 2. To rid; to free. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge. --Udall. [1913 Webster] 3. To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily. [1913 Webster] Unless dispatched to the mansion house in the country . . . they perish among the lumber of garrets. --Walpole. [1913 Webster] 4. To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste. [1913 Webster] Even with the speediest expedition I will dispatch him to the emperor's cou??. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. To send out of the world; to put to death. [1913 Webster] The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords. --Ezek. xxiii. 47. Syn: To expedite; hasten; speed; accelerate; perform; conclude; finish; slay; kill. [1913 Webster]