2. Verb. Third person singular simple present of ''to despatch.'' ¹
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Definition of Despatches
1. despatch [v] - See also: despatch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Despatches
Literary usage of Despatches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1862)
"THIS bulky volume, the ninth of the series of Supplementary despatches, ...
The despatches and documents signed " Wellington " number one hundred and four, ..."
2. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1912)
"But bearers of official despatches who are not in the retinue of the ... And the
same is valid respecting bearers of despatches between the head of a State ..."
3. The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life by John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1854)
"GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, The
despatches from the envoys extraordinary of the United States to the French ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"9 The employment of pigeons as carriers of despatches dates from a very early
period, the curious annals of which are given in Die Tauben- pott (Berlin). ..."
5. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, William Hardcastle Browne (1894)
"The remedy for such offence is the confiscation of the ship, for there would be
no penalty in the mere confiscation of the despatches. ..."
6. History of the Popes: Their Church and State by Leopold von Ranke, E. Fowler (1901)
"[Venetian despatches.] In Vienna I had already copied the whole series of Venetian
despatches preserved there, from 1573 to 1590, and which are found in the ..."
7. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1904)
"The case of despatches is very different ; it is impossible to limit a letter to
so small a size as not to be capable of producing the most important ..."
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