The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords.
Ezek. xxiii. 47.
Syn. -- To expedite; hasten; speed; accelerate; perform; conclude; finish; slay; kill.
Dis*patch", v. i. To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.
They have dispatched with Pompey.
Shak.
Dis*patch", n. [Cf. OF. despeche, F. dépêche. See Dispatch, v. t.] [Written also despatch.] 1. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.