dispeed

English

Etymology

dis- + speed

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪsˈpiːd/

Verb

dispeed (third-person singular simple present dispeeds, present participle dispeeding, simple past and past participle dispeeded or disped)

  1. (obsolete) To send off with speed; to dispatch.
    • 1808, Robert Southey, Chronicle of the Cid, from the Spanish
      Then they dispeeded themselves of the Cid and of their mother-in-law.
    • 1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, [], London: [] Adam Islip, OCLC 837543169:
      a Detachment of four thousand Horse were dispeeded under Covert of the Hills

References

dispeed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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