English Explanatory Dictionary

hatch, match, and dispatch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The major milestones of a person's life: birth, marriage, and death.
verb
  1. To preside over the ceremonies surrounding birth and naming, marriage, and funerals or memorial services.

Word forms

hatch, match, and dispatch hatches, matches, and dispatches hatch, match and despatch hatching, matching, and dispatching hatched, matched, and dispatched

Etymology

hatch suggests birth, as in the hatching of an egg; match suggests marriage, as in the matching of bride and groom; and dispatch suggests death.

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