Verb (used with object) : The spy was promptly dispatched. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : Proceed with all possible dispatch. From Dictionary.com.
The couriers despatched from the walls, where Cyrus enters, shall. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Sibir, he despatched some of his agents into that land. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
A polite answer was, therefore, immediately despatched. From Wordnik.com. [Comical People] Reference
Before the message was despatched, he was on his route for the. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
The intelligence as to the trains was immediately despatched to. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Britain being in no danger now in Europe, despatched 12,000 men to. From Wordnik.com. [The Dominion in 1983] Reference
He was later despatched to more remote Malin Head, also in Donegal. From Wordnik.com. [Claudy bombings: Father Chesney, the 'Provo Priest'] Reference
It was important that telegraphic messages should be despatched from. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
Meantime, a courier was despatched to Hernshaw Castle, to prepare for. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
Infantry Brigade was therefore despatched on the 27th to Lombard's Kop. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Between Quebec and England mails were despatched once per month; between. From Wordnik.com. [Canadian Postal Guide] Reference
On the road to Kenmare, from which many Irish emigrants were despatched to. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
She well knew that in a few days 'time a letter would be despatched to the. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
One sloop, commanded by Joseph Harris, was despatched to Virginia, another to. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1] Reference
Turning out at daybreak, they despatched a hearty meal of corn-bread and bacon. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
So the two younger girls had been despatched to the Hill Street parsonage, where. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Gold] Reference
He despatched an email to party members saying I will move us on from Blair-Brown. From Wordnik.com. [Labour leadership race: Good for the candidates, bad for the party] Reference
And as the nuns still continued possessed, they despatched her to a remote convent. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
The Fifth had duly considered it, and a day later had despatched an answer with Mellor. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
Fifteen minutes later the three orders were duplicated and despatched without undue delay. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
Accordingly one of the most experienced amongst their number was despatched to make the trial. From Wordnik.com. [Chinese Folk-Lore Tales] Reference
Happily, however, the fatherly kindness of the General had despatched a hamper of provisions from. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
In theory the Serjeant at Arms would be despatched to fetch them, but it's not clear how this would work. From Wordnik.com. [Politics blog live - Thursday 9 September] Reference
After strolling about the village for an hour, Felworth despatched his business, and we turned homewards. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
So wedding invitations were written and despatched, and wedding gowns were ordered, and wedding presents came in. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
Papers can never replace the badly penned and still more badly worded missives despatched from some humble cottage. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference
Staff-officers were also despatched to hurry up Griffin with the Fifth Corps, and his tired men redoubled their strides. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
He despatched thirteen pigeons to Durban, a distance of 200 miles, yet they arrived safely with messages within five hours. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Romans; for if the Numidians, while engaged in fighting, had despatched fifty men, they might easily have thrown down the few. From Wordnik.com. [C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino] Reference
They noticed at first there were lights going across the river during the night, and at the dawn of day were despatched, Jacob. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
Brownsville I despatched all these men to important points in northern Mexico, to glean information regarding the movements of the. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
We despatched a messenger immediately for the doctor and in a little while we had the patient removed to his room, where he now lies. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
Fortunately the General, hearing the news, despatched in hot haste to the assistance of the regiment the 12th Lancers and the Seaforth. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Pressure was renewed upon Newdigate and Hutton; they were despatched back to York, to undertake the trial of the Marston Moor prisoners. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
The Boers took up arms, English troops were despatched from the Cape to suppress the rising, and these troops were beaten at Lang's Neck. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
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