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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sent  \Sent\,  v.  &  n. 
  See  {Scent},  v.  &  n.  [Obs.]  --Spenser. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sent  \Sent\, 
  obs.  3d  pers.  sing.  pres.  of  {Send},  for  sendeth 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sent  \Sent\, 
  imp.  &  p.  p.  of  {Send}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sent 
  adj  :  caused  or  enabled  to  go  or  be  conveyed  or  transmitted  [ant: 
  {unsent}]




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