Sĕnd1, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. SENT; p. pr. & vb. n. SEND-ING.] [A-S. sendan, O. Sax. sendian, Goth. sandjan, O. H. Ger. sendian, sentjan, N. H. Ger. senden, D. zenden, O. Fries. & Icel. senda, Sw. sända, Dan. sende, allied to Goth. sinth, O. H. Ger. sind, A-S. sidh, way, journey.]
Sense 1. To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; as, to send a messenger.
Sense 2. To give motion to; to procure the going, carrying, transmission, &c., of; as, to send a letter or parcel.
Sense 3. To emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, to send a ball, an arrow, and the like.
Sense 4. To commission or direct to go and act.
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. Jer. xxiii. 21.
Sense 5. To cause to happen; to bestow; to inflict.
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.
Sense 6. To grant; to bestow.
God send your mission may bring back peace. W. Scott.
To send forth or out, (a.) To produce; to put or bring forth; as, a tree sends forth branches. (b.) To emit; as, flowers send forth their fragrance.