† dispatchmentn.
Obsolete.
The act of dispatching, dispatch (in various senses): prompt execution or settlement; getting rid of, sending away, dismissal; making away with, killing.
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the world > action or operation > carrying out > [noun]
workingOE
executionc1374
performinga1425
expedition1445
executing1480
administration1483
performancec1487
performation1504
handiworka1513
performent1527
dispatchment1529
depeaching1540
exploit1548
depeach?a1562
dispatchinga1564
dispatch1581
acting1598
outbearing1605
peraction1623
expediting1643
implement1754
solutiona1859
out-carrying1869
actuation1875
the world > life > death > killing > [noun]
mortifyingc1384
perishingc1384
slayinga1400
interfectionc1450
dispatchment1529
killingc1540
dispatch1576
unliving1599
martyring1607
taking offa1616
enecation1657
exanimation1670
(to get) the chop or chopper1945
wipeout1968
hit1970
society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > permission to go > formal or official
congee1475
dispatchment1529
dispatch1571
1529 St. Trials, Wolsey For want of dispatchment of matters.
1537 M. Throgmorton Let. 20 Aug. (P.R.O. S.P. 1/124) f. 76 Att Pares..y requeryd off hyme [Pole] my dyspachement [copy in BL MS. Cott. Cleopatra E. VI f. 386, despachement] accordyng to hys promes to me att Rome.
1551 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 2nd Pt. f. cxv He..confessed that he had sent..false letters and poysons to the dyspachement of hys enemyes.
1570 Abp. M. Parker Let. 1 Apr. in Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 363 To procure the dispatchment of this offensive court.
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