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bookboo | 08:41 Sat 07th Jan 2012 | Phrases & Sayings
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Do they mean the same thing? My Word Web seems to think so!
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This is a thread about it from a while ago.

http://www.theanswerb...s/Question701689.html
Just alternative spellings
Yes, alternative spellings (as with so many words in the English language, both are acceptable)
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Great, thanks. In an email to a company I asked when they would be 'dispatching' something and they responded with 'it will be despatched'. Good to know they are both correct
Yes, interchangeable spellings.

dispatch or despatch verb (dispatched, dispatching; despatched, despatching) 1 to send (mail, a person, etc) to a place for a particular reason. 2 to finish off or deal with something quickly • dispatch a meal. 3 euphemistic to kill. noun 1 (often dispatches) an official (especially military or diplomatic) report. 2 a journalist's report sent to a newspaper. 3 the act of dispatching; the fact of being dispatched. 4 old use speed or haste. mentioned in despatches as a distinction: commended in official military dispatches for bravery, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: from French despeechier to set free.

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