DISPATCH

I. verb see: impeach Date: 1517 transitive verb to send off or away with promptness or speed, 2. to kill with quick efficiency, deprive , to dispose of (as a task) rapidly or efficiently, defeat 3, intransitive verb to make haste ; hurry , see: kill ~er noun II. noun Date: 1537 1. a message sent with speed, a news item filed by a correspondent, the act of ~ing: as, dismissal , the act of killing, c. prompt settlement (as of an item of business), quick riddance, a sending off ; shipment , promptness and efficiency in performance or transmission , see: haste