to send sb on an errand

  • 71dispatch — [di spach′; ] for n., esp. 4 5, also [ dis′pach΄] vt. [Sp despachar & It dispacciare, to send off, lit., to remove impediments, hence facilitate < OFr despeechier < des (see DIS ) + ( em)peechier, to impede < LL impedicare, to entangle… …

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  • 72mission — [mish′ən] n. [L missio, a sending, sending away < missus, pp. of mittere, to send < IE base * smeit , to throw > Avestan hamista , cast down] 1. a sending out or being sent out with authority to perform a special service; specif., a) the …

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  • 73message — n. & v. n. 1 an oral or written communication sent by one person to another. 2 an inspired or significant communication from a prophet, writer, or preacher. 3 a mission or errand. 4 (in pl.) Sc. & N.Engl. things bought; shopping. v.tr. 1 send as… …

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  • 74Sped — Speed Speed (sp[=e]d), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sped} (sp[e^]d), {Speeded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Speeding}.] [AS. sp[=e]dan, fr. sp[=e]d, n.; akin to D. spoeden, G. sich sputen. See {Speed}, n.] 1. To go; to fare. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] To warn him now he …

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  • 75Speed — (sp[=e]d), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sped} (sp[e^]d), {Speeded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Speeding}.] [AS. sp[=e]dan, fr. sp[=e]d, n.; akin to D. spoeden, G. sich sputen. See {Speed}, n.] 1. To go; to fare. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] To warn him now he is too… …

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  • 76Speeded — Speed Speed (sp[=e]d), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sped} (sp[e^]d), {Speeded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Speeding}.] [AS. sp[=e]dan, fr. sp[=e]d, n.; akin to D. spoeden, G. sich sputen. See {Speed}, n.] 1. To go; to fare. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] To warn him now he …

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  • 77Speeding — Speed Speed (sp[=e]d), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sped} (sp[e^]d), {Speeded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Speeding}.] [AS. sp[=e]dan, fr. sp[=e]d, n.; akin to D. spoeden, G. sich sputen. See {Speed}, n.] 1. To go; to fare. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] To warn him now he …

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  • 78express — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French expres, from Latin expressus, past participle of exprimere to press out, express, from ex + premere to press more at press Date: 14th century 1. a. directly, firmly, and explicitly stated… …

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  • 79Babylonian law — Archaeological material for the study of Babylonian law is singularly extensive. So called contracts exist in the thousands, including a great variety of deeds, conveyances, bonds, receipts, accounts, and most important of all, actual legal… …

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  • 80Yeoman — is noun used to indicate a variety of positions or social classes. In the 16th century, a yeoman was also a farmer of middling social status who owned his own land and often farmed it himself; an equivalent in Germany is Freibauer ( freehold… …

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