Sending

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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[aum]nda, Dan. sende,
     Goth. sandjan, and to Goth. sinp a time (properly, a going),
     gasinpa companion, OHG. sind journey, AS. s[imac]?, 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.
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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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sending
       n : the act of causing something to go (especially messages)