vt a message transmitted by telegraph.
2. dispatch ·vt any sending away; dismissal; riddance.
3. dispatch ·vt to send out of the world; to put to death.
4. dispatch ·vt to get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.
5. dispatch ·vt to rid; to free.
6. dispatch ·vi to make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.
7. dispatch ·vt the act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.
8. dispatch ·vt the finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.
9. dispatch ·vt to send off or away;
particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, ·etc., on special business, and implying haste.
10. dispatch ·vt to dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
11. dispatch ·vt 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.