Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To despatch; dismiss.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To send off with speed; to dispatch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To send off with
speed ; todispatch .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Incontinently did the good men dispeed themselves of the Cid, and they went into the city, and gathered together a great posse of armed men, and went to the place where
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Incontinently did the good men dispeed themselves of the Cid, and they went into the city, and gathered together a great posse of armed men, and went to the place where Abeniaf dwelt; and they assaulted the house and brake the doors, and entered in and laid hands on him, and his son, and all his company, and carried them before the
Chronicle of the Cid Various 1808
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Our cargo consisted mostly of bad wares, which had lain in India till they were nearly spoiled, and so hung long upon our hands; wherefore we importuned the governor to dispeed our sales, which he charged the broker to do with all expedition.
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And when he was about to dispeed himself of the King they brought him his precious horse Bavieca, and he turned to the King and said, Sir, I should depart ill from hence if I took with me so good a horse as my Bavieca, and did not leave him for you, for such a horse as this is fit for you and for no other master: and that you may see what he is, I will do before you what it is long since I have done except in the battles which I have had with my enemies.
Chronicle of the Cid Various 1808
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