Definition of "despatching" [despatching]

• Present participle of despatch. (verb)

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• "No time was lost in despatching three messengers: one to the"
• "When Severin found he could get no more intoxicating beverage, he in his demoniacal rage, conceived the idea of despatching his whole family, and set about his purpose by first snatching the young babe and casting it into the fire!"
• "When Severin found he could get no more intoxicating beverage, he in his demoniacal rage, conceived the idea of despatching his whole family, and set"