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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SEND, v. t. pret. and pp. sent.
1. In a general sense, to throw, cast or thrust; to impel or drive by force to a distance, either with the hand or with an instrument or by other means. We send a ball with the hand or with a bat; a bow sends an arrow; a cannon sends a shot; a trumpet sends the voice much farther than the unassisted organs of speech.
2. To cause to be conveyed or transmitted; as, to send letters or dispatches from one country to another.
3. To cause to go or pass from place to place; as, to send a messenger from London to Madrid.
4. To commission, autorize or direct to go and act.
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. Jeremiah 23.
5. To cause to come or fall; to bestow.
He sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Matthew 5.
6. To cause to come or fall; to inflict.
The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation and rebuke. Duet. 28.
7. To propagate; to diffuse.
Cherubic songs by night from neighb'ring hills
Aerial music send. Milton.
To send away, to dismiss; to cause to depart.
To send forth or out, to produce; to put or bring forth; as, a tree sends forth branches.
2. To emit; as flowers send forth their fragrance.
SEND, v. i. To dispatch an agent or messenger for some purpose.
See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? 2 Kings 6.
So we say, we sent to invite guests; we sent to inquire into the facts.
To send for, to request or require by message to come or be brought; as, to send for a physician; to send for a coach. But these expressions are elliptical.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation" [syn: send, direct]
2: to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place; "He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept" [syn: send, send out]
3: cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written" [syn: mail, post, send]
4: transport commercially [syn: transport, send, ship]
5: assign to a station [syn: station, post, send, place]
6: transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia" [syn: send, get off, send off]
7: cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison" [syn: commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge]
8: broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (sent; sending) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sendan; akin to Old High German sendan to send, Old English sith road, journey, Old Irish sét path, way Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to cause to go: as a. to propel or throw in a particular direction b. deliver <sent a blow to the chin> c. drive <sent the ball between the goalposts> 2. to cause to happen <whatever fate may send> 3. to dispatch by a means of communication 4. a. to direct, order, or request to go b. to permit or enable to attend a term or session <send a daughter to college> c. to direct by advice or reference d. to cause or order to depart ; dismiss 5. a. to force to go ; drive away b. to cause to assume a specified state <sent them into a rage> 6. to cause to issue: as a. to pour out ; discharge <clouds sending forth rain> b. utter <send forth a cry> c. emit <sent out waves of perfume> d. to grow out (parts) in the course of development <a plant sending forth shoots> 7. to cause to be carried to a destination; especially to consign to death or a place of punishment 8. to convey or cause to be conveyed or transmitted by an agent <send a package by mail> <sent out invitations> 9. to strike or thrust so as to impel violently <sent him sprawling> 10. delight, thrill intransitive verb 1. a. to dispatch someone to convey a message or do an errand — often used with out <send out for pizza> b. to dispatch a request or order — often used with away 2. transmit • sender noun II. noun Date: 1726 the lift of a wave ; scend

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. (past and past part. sent) 1 tr. a order or cause to go or be conveyed (send a message to headquarters; sent me a book; sends goods all over the world). b propel; cause to move (send a bullet; sent him flying). c cause to go or become (send into raptures; send to sleep). d dismiss with or without force (sent her away; sent him about his business). 2 intr. send a message or letter (he sent to warn me). 3 tr. (of God, providence, etc.) grant or bestow or inflict; bring about; cause to be (send rain; send a judgement; send her victorious!). 4 tr. sl. affect emotionally, put into ecstasy. Phrases and idioms: send away for send an order to a dealer for (goods). send down Brit. 1 rusticate or expel from a university. 2 sentence to imprisonment. 3 Cricket bowl (a ball or an over). send for 1 summon. 2 order by post. send in 1 cause to go in. 2 submit (an entry etc.) for a competition etc. send off 1 get (a letter, parcel, etc.) dispatched. 2 attend the departure of (a person) as a sign of respect etc. 3 Sport (of a referee) order (a player) to leave the field and take no further part in the game. send-off n. a demonstration of goodwill etc. at the departure of a person, the start of a project, etc. send off for = send away for. send on transmit to a further destination or in advance of one's own arrival. send a person to Coventry see COVENTRY. send up 1 cause to go up. 2 transmit to a higher authority. 3 Brit. colloq. satirize or ridicule, esp. by mimicking. 4 US sentence to imprisonment. send-up n. Brit. colloq. a satire or parody. send word send information. Derivatives: sendable adj. sender n. Etymology: OE sendan f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Send 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. s["a]nda, Dan. sende, Goth. sandjan, and to Goth. sinp a time (properly, a going), gasinpa companion, OHG. sind journey, AS. s[=i]?, Icel. sinni a walk, journey, a time. W. hynt a way, journey, OIr. s?t. Cf. Sense.] 1. To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger. I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. --Jer. xxiii. 21. I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. --John viii. 42. Servants, sent on messages, stay out somewhat longer than the message requires. --Swift. 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. He . . . sent letters by posts on horseback. --Esther viii. 10. O send out thy light an thy truth; let them lead me. --Ps. xliii. 3. 3. To emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, to send a ball, an arrow, or the like. 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. The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke. --Deut. xxviii. 20. And sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. --Matt. v. 45. God send your mission may bring back peace. --Sir W. Scott.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Send Send, v. i. 1. To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand. See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? --2 Kings vi. 32. 2. (Naut.) To pitch; as, the ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts. --Totten. To send for, to request or require by message to come or be brought.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Send Send, n. (Naut.) The impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily. [Written also scend.] --W. C. Russell. ``The send of the sea''. --Longfellow.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(sends, sending, sent) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When you send someone something, you arrange for it to be taken and delivered to them, for example by post. Myra Cunningham sent me a note thanking me for dinner... I sent a copy to the minister for transport... He sent a basket of exotic fruit and a card... Sir Denis took one look and sent it back... More than half a million sheep are sent from Britain to Europe for slaughter every year. VERB: V n n, V n to n, V n, V n with adv, be V-ed from n 2. If you send someone somewhere, you tell them to go there. Inspector Banbury came up to see her, but she sent him away... ...the government's decision to send troops to the region... I suggested that he rest, and sent him for an X-ray... Reinforcements were being sent from the neighbouring region.. VERB: V n with adv, V n to n, V n for n, be V-ed from n 3. If you send someone to an institution such as a school or a prison, you arrange for them to stay there for a period of time. It's his parents' choice to send him to a boarding school, rather than a convenient day school... VERB: V n to n 4. To send a signal means to cause it to go to a place by means of radio waves or electricity. The transmitters will send a signal automatically to a local base station... ...in 1989, after a 12-year journey to Neptune, the space probe Voyager sent back pictures of Triton, its moon. VERB: V n to n, V n with adv 5. If something sends things or people in a particular direction, it causes them to move in that direction. The explosion sent shrapnel flying through the sides of cars on the crowded highway... The slight back and forth motion sent a pounding surge of pain into his skull. VERB: V n -ing, V n prep 6. To send someone or something into a particular state means to cause them to go into or be in that state. My attempt to fix it sent Lawrence into fits of laughter. ...before civil war and famine sent the country plunging into anarchy... An obsessive search for our inner selves, far from saving the world, could send us all mad. VERB: V n into n, V n -ing, V n adj 7. to send someone to Coventry: see Coventry to send someone packing: see pack

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Throw, hurl, cast, fling, impel, propel, emit, project, toss, launch, lance, jaculate. 2. Despatch, delegate, depute, send forth, send out. 3. Transmit, forward. 4. Give, bestow, grant, confer. 5. Commission, authorize. 6. Inflict, bestow.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To drive or break in. Hand down the Jemmy and send it in; apply the crow to the door, and drive it in.

Moby Thesaurus

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