Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Despatch \De*spatch"\, n. & v.
   Same as {Dispatch}.

Source : WordNet®

despatch
     n 1: an official report (usually sent in haste) [syn: {dispatch},
           {communique}]
     2: the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done
        with dispatch" [syn: {dispatch}, {expedition}, {expeditiousness}]
     3: killing a person or animal [syn: {dispatch}]
     4: the act of sending off something [syn: {dispatch}, {shipment}]
     v : send away towards a designated goal [syn: {dispatch}, {send
         off}]