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:

     a Detachment of four thousand Horse were dispeeded under Covert of the Hills

References

“dispeed”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• depside