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. sända, Dan. sende, Goth. sandjan, and to Goth. sinp a time (properly, a going), gasinpa companion, OHG. sind journey, AS. sī&unr_;, Icel. sinni a walk, journey, a time. W. hynt a way, journey, OIr. s&unr_;t. Cf. Sense. ] 1. To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger. [ 1913 Webster ] I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. Jer. xxiii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ] I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. John viii. 42. [ 1913 Webster ] Servants, sent on messages, stay out somewhat longer than the message requires. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] He . . . sent letters by posts on horseback. Esther viii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ] O send out thy light an thy truth; let them lead me. Ps. xliii. 3. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, to send a ball, an arrow, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke. Deut. xxviii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ] And sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Matt. v. 45. [ 1913 Webster ] God send your mission may bring back peace. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ] | 
