Sent

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

  Sent \Sent\, v. & n.
     See {Scent}, v. & n. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sent \Sent\, obs.
     3d pers. sing. pres. of {Send}, for sendeth.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sent \Sent\,
     imp. & p. p. of {Send}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sent
       adj : caused or enabled to go or be conveyed or transmitted [ant:
             {unsent}]
       n : 100 senti equal 1 kroon
       [also: {senti} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  send
       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: {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 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}]
       4: transport commercially [syn: {transport}, {ship}]
       5: assign to a station [syn: {station}, {post}, {base}, {place}]
       6: transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to
          Russia" [syn: {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},
           {charge}]
       8: broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We
          cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: {air}, {broadcast}, {beam},
           {transmit}]
       [also: {sent}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sent
       See {send}
       [also: {senti} (pl)]