Dis*pas"sion (?), n. Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state; apathy. Sir W. Temple.
Dis*pas"sion*ate (?), a. 1. Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed.
Wise and dispassionate men.
Clarendon.
2. Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or bias; impartial; as, dispassionate proceedings; a dispassionate view.
Syn. -- Calm; cool; composed serene; unimpassioned; temperate; moderate; impartial; unruffled.
-- Dis*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv. -- Dis*pas"sion*ate*ness, n.
Dis*pas"sioned (?), a. Free from passion; dispassionate. [R.] "Dispassioned men." Donne.
Dis*patch" (?; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispatched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispatching.] [OF. despeechier, F. dépêcher; prob. from pref. des- (L. dis-) + (assumed) LL. pedicare to place obstacles in the way, fr. L. pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf. Impeach, Despatch.] [Written also despatch.] 1. To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we
The business we have talked of.
Shak.
[The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work.
Robynson (More's Utopia).