dispatched

dis-patched · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of *dispatch*: sent off to a destination.

  2. 2.

    Dealt with quickly and efficiently.

  3. 3.

    Killed quickly.

Related words

Antonyms: received, retained
See also: delivered, dispatch, sent
Synonyms: forwarded, sent, shipped, transmitted

Etymology

From dispatch with the regular past tense suffix -ed. The base word derives from Spanish despachar meaning "to send away."