What does "dispatch" mean?

Additional senses

1. 2.To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily. Unless dispatched to the mansion house in the country . . . they perish among the lumber of garrets. Walpole.
2. 3.To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste. Even with the speediest expedition I will dispatch him to the emperor's couShak.
3. 4.To send out of the world; to put to death. The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords. Ezek. xxiii.
4. 5.To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business. They have dispatched with Pompey. Shak.
5. 6.The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.
6. 7.Any sending away; dismissal; riddance. To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts. Milton.
7. 8.The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste. Serious business, craving quick dispatch. Shak. To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space. Paley.
8. 9.A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.
9. 10.A message transmitted by telegraph. [Modern] Dispatch boat, a swift vessel for conveying dispatches; an advice boat. -- Dispatch box, a box for carrying dispatches; a box for papers and other conveniences when traveling. See Haste.