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Send (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sent (); p. pr. & vb. n. Sending.] [AS. sendan; akin to OS. sendian, D. zenden, G. senden, OHG. senten, Icel. senda, Sw. sända, Dan. sende, Goth. sandjan, and to Goth. sinp a time (properly, a going), gasinpa companion, OHG. sind journey, AS. sī, Icel. sinni a walk, journey, a time. W. hynt a way, journey, OIr. st. Cf. Sense.]
1. To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, “to send a messenger”.
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I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. Jer. xxiii. 21.
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I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. John viii. 42.
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Servants, sent on messages, stay out somewhat longer than the message requires. Swift.
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2. To give motion to; to cause to be borne or carried; to procure the going, transmission, or delivery of; as, “to send a message”.
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He . . . sent letters by posts on horseback. Esther viii. 10.
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O send out thy light an thy truth; let them lead me. Ps. xliii. 3.
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3. To emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, “to send a ball, an arrow, or the like”.
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4. To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; -- sometimes followed by a dependent proposition. “God send him well!” Shak.
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The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke. Deut. xxviii. 20.
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And sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Matt. v. 45.
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God send your mission may bring back peace. Sir W. Scott.
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Sent (?), v. & n. See Scent, v. & n. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Sent, obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Send, for sendeth.
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Sent, imp. & p. p. of Send.
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