† diˈspatchment Obs.
[f. dispatch v. + -ment.]
The act of dispatching, dispatch (in various senses): prompt execution or settlement; getting rid of, sending away, dismissal; making away with, killing.
| 1529 St. Trials, Wolsey, For want of dispatchment of matters. 1538 M. Throgmorton Let. Cromwell (MS. in St. Pap. Hen. VIII, XII. ii. No. 552 Recd. Off.) Att Pares..y requeryd off hyme [Pole] my dyspachement [copy in MS. Cott. Cleop. E. 6,386 despachement] accordyng to hys promes to me at Rome. 1546 Bale Eng. Votaries ii. (1550) 110 b, He..confessed that he had sent..false letters and poysons to the dyspachement of hys enemyes. 1570 Abp. Parker Corr. 363 To procure the dispatchment of this offensive court. |