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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Italian |
| Origin: | dispacciare, from Old French despeechier 'to set free' |
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di‧spatch1 , despatch
[transitive]
[transitive]1 formal to send someone or something somewhere for a particular purpose 
Goods are normally dispatched within 24 hours.
dispatch somebody/something to somebody/something A reporter was dispatched to Naples to cover the riot.
A reporter was dispatched to Naples to cover the riot.Goods are normally dispatched within 24 hours.2 to deal with someone or to finish a job quickly and effectively : She dispatched (=beat) her opponent 6-2, 6-1.
She dispatched (=beat) her opponent 6-2, 6-1.3 old-fashioned to deliberately kill a person or animal
