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sparagen "to degrade by marriage below one's class, defile (a woman)," borrowed from Anglo-French desparager (continental Old French desparagier), from des- dis- + parage "equality of rank, lineage, high birth," from per "equal, match, member of the hereditary nobility" + -age -age — more at peer entry 1
dis​patch
verb
dis·​patch
di-ˈspach
dis​patched; dis​patch​ing; dis​patch​es

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • transitive ​verb
  • to send off or away with promptness or speed //dispatch a letter //dispatch an ambulance to the scene
    especially to send off on official business //dispatch a messenger
  • to kill with quick efficiency //dispatched the deer with one shot
    obsolete deprive
  • to dispose of (something, such as a task) rapidly or efficiently //anxious to dispatch the matter //… household business could not be dispatched hastily by Mrs. Tulliver. — George Eliot
  • defeat sense 1 desparager (continental Old French desparagier), from des- dis- + parage "equality of rank, lineage, high birth," from per "equal, match, member of the hereditary nobility" + -age -age — more at peer entry 1
dis​patch
verb
dis·​patch
di-ˈspach
dis​patched; dis​patch​ing; dis​patch​es

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • transitive ​verb
  • to send off or away with promptness or speed //dispatch a letter //dispatch an ambulance to the scene
    especially to send off on official business //dispatch a messenger
  • to kill with quick efficiency //dispatched the deer with one shot
    obsolete deprive
  • to dispose of (something, such as a task) rapidly or efficiently //anxious to dispatch the matter //… household business could not be dispatched hastily by Mrs. Tulliver. — George Eliot
  • defeat sense 1 desparager (continental Old French desparagier), from des- dis- + parage "equality of rank, lineage, high birth," from per "equal, match, member of the hereditary nobility" + -age -age — more at peer entry 1
dis​patch
verb
dis·​patch
di-ˈspach
dis​patched; dis​patch​ing; dis​patch​es

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • transitive ​verb
  • to send off or away with promptness or speed //dispatch a letter //dispatch an ambulance to the scene
    especially to send off on official business //dispatch a messenger
  • to kill with quick efficiency //dispatched the deer with one shot
    obsolete deprive
  • to dispose of (something, such as a task) rapidly or efficiently //anxious to dispatch the matter //… household business could not be dispatched hastily by Mrs. Tulliver. — George Eliot
  • defeat sense 1 desparager (continental Old French desparagier), from des- dis- + parage "equality of rank, lineage, high birth," from per "equal, match, member of the hereditary nobility" + -age -age — more at peer entry 1
dis​patch
verb
dis·​patch
di-ˈspach
dis​patched; dis​patch​ing; dis​patch​es

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • transitive ​verb
  • to send off or away with promptness or speed //dispatch a letter //dispatch an ambulance to the scene
    especially to send off on official business //dispatch a messenger
  • to kill with quick efficiency //dispatched the deer with one shot
    obsolete deprive
  • to dispose of (something, such as a task) rapidly or efficiently //anxious to dispatch the matter //… household business could not be dispatched hastily by Mrs. Tulliver. — George Eliot
  • defeat sense 1 document.head.appendChild(el))