单词 | to dispatch the world |
释义 | > as lemmasto dispatch the world b. (with complement.) to dispatch out of life, to dispatch out of the way, to dispatch the world, etc. ? Obsolete. ΚΠ 1574 J. Baret Aluearie D 770 To dispatche one out of life. De medio aliquem tollere. 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. iv. 17 [He] was quickly dispatch'd out of the way, and no enquiry made after the Murderers. a1745 J. Swift Reign of Stephen in Lett. (1768) IV. 313 To remove the chief impediment by dispatching his rival out of the world. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 100 To desire that they would be more expeditious in dispatching her out of her misery. < as lemmas |
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