- 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. s�t. Cf. Sense
- 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.I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.Servants, sent on messages, stay out somewhat longer than the message requires.
- 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.O send out thy light an thy truth; let them lead me.
- To emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, to send a ball, an arrow, or the like.
- To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; -- sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.Godsendhim well!The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke.And sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.God send your mission may bring back peace.
