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dispeed

/dɪsˈpiːd/

dispeed verb: to send off with speed; to dispatch.

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.
    • Then they dispeeded themselves of the Cid and of their mother-in-law.1808, Robert Southey, Chronicle of the Cid, from the Spanish
    • a Detachment of four thousand Horse were dispeeded under Covert of the Hills1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC

Forms of dispeed

third-person singular presentdispeeds
present participledispeeding
past participledispeeded
pastdispeeded
past participledisped
pastdisped

Origin of dispeed

From dis- + speed.

Questions about dispeed

What does dispeed mean?
Dispeed means to send off with speed; to dispatch.
What part of speech is dispeed?
Dispeed is a verb.
How do you pronounce dispeed?
Dispeed is pronounced /dɪsˈpiːd/.
What is the past tense of dispeed?
The past tense of dispeed is dispeeded.

Words near dispeed in the dictionary

  1. dispauperized
  2. dispauperizes
  3. dispauperizing
  4. dispaupers
  5. dispeace
  6. dispeed
  7. dispeeded
  8. dispeeding
  9. dispeeds
  10. dispel
  11. dispell

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