despatch
Other words from despatch
- out·des·patch, verb (used with object)
- un·des·patched, adjective
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How to use despatch in a sentence
True, Eisenhower had despatched federal troops to Little Rock to enforce a judicial order.
I humbly petition your Majesty to be pleased to order that he be despatched here, so that this so urgent need may be supplied.
No answer had reached Uncle David at three o'clock P.M.; he had despatched his message at nine.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuHe at once despatched judicious instructions to his officers in Scotland and on the Borders.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonAfter lunch and the arbitration proceedings had been despatched, our Pegasus towed us back.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow
Consequently some of the regular regiments who had been doing guard duty in the capital were despatched to the front.
The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
British Dictionary definitions for despatch
/ (dɪˈspætʃ) /
(tr) a less common spelling of dispatch
Derived forms of despatch
- despatcher, noun
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