à dépêche-compagnon, adv., hurriedly, carelessly. Travailler à —; to hurry over one’s work. Se battre à —; to give no quarter in fighting.
se dépêcher, v.r., to make haste, to look sharp. Dépêchez-vous; make haste.
dépêcher, v.a., to send off dispatches, a courier, a messenger; to dispatch; to be quick, to do things quickly, to hasten; to make way with any one, to kill.
dépêcher, v.n., to dispatch, to hurry off, to send off a courier, or messenger, in haste. On a dépêché à Vienne; a courier has been sent to Vienna.
dépeçoir, n.m., chopping-knife.
dépeindre, v.a., to depict; to describe; to portray; to paint; to represent.
dépelotonner, v.a., to unwind.
se dépelotonner, v.r., to become unwound.
*dépenaillé, -e, adj., (fam.) tattered, ragged, in rags; ill-clad; slatternly; emaciated.