Thursday, November 15, 2012

dispatch, despatch

Dispatch or dispatch means to send a message, a person, or goods--
Dispatch a message to the supervisor in New York.
Dispatch a messenger to the courtroom.
When did you dispatch the shipment?
Dispatch or dispatch may also mean a message that has been sent--
Have you read the latest dispatch from headquarters?
Send a dispatch to the home office describing the problem.
Here is the latest dispatch from our foreign correspondent.
Dispatch is also an old-fashioned term meaning to kill or have murdered--
They planned to dispatch him after the meeting.

Despatch or despatch means speed or haste--
This matter should be handled with despatch and discretion.
Despatch is of the utmost importance.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The reporter filed his dispatch with despatch."

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