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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Depesch(e, Depesh(e, n. Also: depech. [e.m.E. depech (1528), F. dépêche.] a. Dispatch, sending off (of persons). b. A dispatch, message, or messenger.a. 1542 Acts II. 411/2.
Tuiching the depesche of the imbassatouris … send … to trete … vpoun the peis betuix the realmes 1551 Hist. Carnegie I. 30.
Praying you … that ye will mak him haisty expeditioun and depesche a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI 53.
A secret ansuer to be sent in France for depesh of the ambassador 1591 Edin. B. Rec. V. 48.
[The council] ordanet the xxj Spaynyerts that ar to pas furth of the cuntrey to haif … twenty ane pund to thair depesche 1594 Warrender P. II. 257.
The … answer … whilk wald be returned before the ambassadouris depescheb. 1546 Corr. M. Lorraine 161.
As for al the laif of the depechis is ordant and salbe depechit, I wil nocht mak … na langar lettre 1568 Calderwood II. 462.
The charge sent by our former depesche 1584 Cal. Sc. P. VII. 173.
In this meane tyme he makis ane depesch to his maister, and accompanyis the samin vyth the copye of the Queen of Scotlandis letteris