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Definition of Despatching
1. despatch [v] - See also: despatch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Despatching
Literary usage of Despatching
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of the Law of Nations: With Practical Notes and Supplementary by Archer Polson, Thomas Hartwell Horne (1848)
"The documents which relate to the despatching of a Diplomatic Agent, and to the
establishment of his public character, are the three following : viz., ..."
2. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"... was then employing the fellow himself; the others unanimously expressed sorrow
to me that Federigo de' Ricci prevented them from despatching the affair. ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1901)
"Thereupon the queen solemnly and unceasingly warned the government of t he
obligations they were under of despatching a British expedition to relieve him. ..."
4. The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated by John Colin Dunlop (1816)
"This answer had the effect of despatching the unnatural son to beg his father's
pardon, and to conduct him home from his wretched habitation. ..."
5. The Application of Efficiency Principles by George Hugh Shepard (1917)
"IN the theory of efficiency, Records and Planning and despatching are two separate
principles, but in practical application they are Siamese twins which can ..."
6. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, New York (State). Governor, 1801-1804 (George Clinton), Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1904)
"General Heath Asks the Governor's Assistance in despatching Clothing to the Naked
Troops. Head quarters, Highlands, December 7th, 1781. ..."
7. The Comic History of England by Gilbert Abbott À Beckett, John Leech (1864)
"... despatching a Letter by Ins Son. distrust, and being little better than a
provision which each party thought necessary in consequence of the dishonesty ..."
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