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dispatched

Verb
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Sent off rapidly on a mission or put to death swiftly; conveys speed in action or the abrupt termination of life in dramatic verse.

Detailed Definition
In older or literary usage, “dispatch” can mean to kill quickly or bring about someone’s death. The poem uses it in a grim, compressed way to describe Death’s action.
Example
Example in poetry:
“For Death had come, by greed dispatched” (personified abstraction); “A messenger dispatched before dawn” (sent or hurried); “The king dispatched his rider through the snow” (historical narrative); “She dispatched the letter, then waited for rain” (modern context)
Additional Notes
The use in “by greed dispatched” is a specialized literary sense meaning killed or done away with, not the everyday meaning of sending.; Found in the poem, The Pardoner's Tale by Richard
Also Known As
Sent Conveyed Delivered
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