despatch

[ dih-spach ]

verb (used with or without object), noun

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

  • 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

despatch

/ (dɪˈspætʃ) /


verb
  1. (tr) a less common spelling of dispatch

Derived forms of despatch

  • despatcher, noun

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