To send someone or something quickly to a specific place or destination.
From French dépêcher (to hurry), derived from Old French des- (away) + pêcher (to hinder). The word evolved to mean sending someone away quickly on an errand.
Despatch is the British spelling variant of 'dispatch,' and it's still commonly used in official documents, military communications, and news services in Commonwealth countries—a linguistic fossil showing how spellings diverge between English-speaking regions.
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