despatch

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/dɪˈspætʃ/

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1833, Massachusetts Medical Society, New England Surgical Society, Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Volumes 8-9, page 31, She fainted, was got into bed, and a messenger was despatched for me.
Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car.
The courier, bearing his despatches in the form of a hieroglyphical painting, ran with them to the first station,[…].

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The courier, bearing his despatches in the form of a hieroglyphical painting, ran with them to the first station,[…].
1843, William Hickling Prescott, The Conquest of Mexico, volume 1, published 1957, page 31
Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car.
1931, Francis Beeding, “1/1”, in Death Walks in Eastrepps
There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.
1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC
The countryside through which the line passes grows some beet, too. Ten wagonloads a day are despatched from Fethard and smaller quantities from Farranaleen, Laffan's Bridge and Horse & Jockey.
1957 May 26, Walter McGrath, “The Thurles-Clonmel Line, C.I.E.”, in Railway Magazine, page 320
The machines can automatically take account of late running of trains and, if it exceeds a pre-determined amount, can despatch a train out of turn.
1960 December, “More L.T. progress with programme machines”, in Trains Illustrated, page 758

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