sendn.1
/sɛnd/, U.S. /sɛnd/ a. Scottish. The action of sending; dispensation (of God). Obsolete.
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1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. ii. iii. f. 89 Thair is na euil of payne or trubil in the pepil, bot it cummis be the send of God.
b. Scottish. A message.
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1825 Gay Goss-hawk x, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1886) II. iv. 360 Ye're bidden send your love a send.
c. An accelerating impulse; impetus. Cf. send n.2
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the world > movement > [noun] > force of movement
coursec1330
swough1338
swayc1374
birra1382
feezec1405
impetc1440
radeur1477
ravina1500
sweight1513
bensela1522
swinge1583
impetus1656
motive power1702
impulse1715
momentum1740
impulsion1795
send1890
1890 Illustr. London News 6 Dec. 714/1 That piston that with a mighty send gives before them and spins the great wheel above.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Send, impetus. ‘It cam' wi' sic a send’.
1899 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Some Experiences Irish R.M. xi. 273 Sultan came at it [sc. a wall] with the send of the hill behind him, and jumped it.
2. Scottish. A messenger sent to the bride in advance of the bridegroom (see quots.); also, the bridal party. (See Eng. Dial. Dict.)
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1814 M. Brunton Discipline III. xxii. 23 The harbingers of the bridegroom, (or, to use Cecil's phrase, the send,) a party of gay young men and women, arrived.
1818 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Nov. 412 A couple of envoys (Scot. sends) arrive from the bridegroom, who lead the bride to the temple of Hymen.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
sendn.2
/sɛnd/, U.S. /sɛnd/ Nautical.
1. The carrying or driving impulse of a sea or wave; more fully send of a or the sea.
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [noun] > driving impulse
send of a or the sea1726
1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World ii. 65 I have frequently thought it impossible to escape striking upon them on every send of a sea.
1805 Sir R. Lawrie in Naval Chron. 13 409 Much Sea running, appearing to cut us asunder at every send.
1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. 141 We found ourselves much nearer the Loadstone Mountain, whither the waters drave us with a violent send.
1901 W. C. Russell Ship's Adventure v To each foaming scend the ship drove in a curtsey of fury.
2. A sudden plunge (of a boat) aft, forward, etc.
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society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > rolling and pitching
working1575
rolling1578
travail1687
roll1697
pitching1714
sally1718
labouring1748
pitch1751
tumblification1833
send1836
porpoising1974
1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy II. iii. 73 Both fell with the send aft of the boat.
1859 J. C. Atkinson Walks, Talks Two Schoolboys xvii. 367 With many a forward send..she threw up showers of spray.
1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 143 The bows will..give a send in against the ship's side.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
sendv.1
/sɛnd/, U.S. /sɛnd/ General sense: To cause to go.
I. To order or direct to go or to be conveyed.
* with a person as object.
1. figurative.a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 141 My thoughts do harbour with my Siluia nightly, And slaues they are to me, that send them flying. View more context for this quotation1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature ix. 187 Commands his own thoughts, sends them to this or that place.
a. transitive. To commission, order, or request (a person) to go to or into a place or to a person. Chiefly, to dispatch as a messenger or on an errand.Const. about (a business), after, for (something to be fetched), on, †of, †in (an errand, quest; the preposition is sometimes omitted). See also message n. 1b.
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > send (a person)
sendc950
commandc1410
summonc1460
putc1540
order1649
society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > vest authority in a person [verb (transitive)] > send on mission or as delegate
sendc950
commissionate1587
attorneya1616
employa1616
to send in legation1649
commission1652
mission1692
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. x. 16 Heonu ic sendo iuih suæ scip in middum uulfa.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 153 He sende his patriarken and propheten for to bodien his tokume.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17034 He sennde dun. Hiss aȝhenn sune ankennedd. To wurrþenn mann.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13160 He sent [c1300 Otho sendeþ] þe his sonde wið-uten gretinge.
c1290 St. Barnabas 34 in S. Eng. Leg. 27 Iesu cristes man icham, þat me gan hidere siende.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 711 Bot adam son was send a saand.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. x. 5 Jhesus sente [a1425 Magdalene Coll. Cambr. seended] these twelue.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14846 An þat was his frend, Hight nichodem, was sent in saand.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 9 The sone of god..was send jn erde for saluacioun of man.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 248 I will go on the slightest arrand..that you can deuise to send mee on. View more context for this quotation
1611 Bible (King James) Gen. l. 16 And they sent a messenger vnto Ioseph, saying [etc.] . View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. iv. 113 Oh: he sends you for a Picture. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 146 A Sonne that is by his Father sent about Merchandize. View more context for this quotation
1636 P. Massinger Great Duke of Florence ii. i. sig. D I am sent..On a how doe you, as they call't.
1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion ii. 26 If she were sent of an errand.
1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 9 If he was sent of an Errand he would forget half of it.
1744 T. Birch Life R. Boyle 23 A gentleman of his father's, sent to convey them thither.
1776 Earl of Carlisle in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) III. 144 I by no means approve of your sending a physician to her, except she is really ill. I hate the tribe.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vi. 117 Workmen sent from London..had converted the apartments..into the semblance of a royal palace.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xv. 234 Luff now..quarter master... Send the men aft directly.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xvi. 142 Send her to me, the instant she comes in.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 180 To whom the Prince Reported who he was, and on what quest Sent.
1907 ‘Q’ Poison Island xiv Did he send you with that message to Captain Branscome?
b. With specified destination considered as a place of residence, or connoting a sphere or kind of employment; e.g. in to send to school, college, etc. (sometimes with the notion of defraying the expense of the person's education); to send (one or more members) to Parliament (said of a constituency).
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society > education > [verb (transitive)] > put to education > send to school
to set to lore (also to book, to school)a1225
to put to schoola1300
to send to school, college1531
school1577
society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > send (a person) > to a place as residence or sphere
assign1413
send1531
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xiii. sig. Fvv Where theyr parentes wyll nat aduenture to sende them farre out of theyr propre countrayes.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 434 The king..sent to the sea, Lord Edmond Holland Erle of Kent, as Chefetaine of that Crewe.
1575 G. Gascoigne Glasse of Gouernem. i. ii. sig. Aiii* So that we are partely perswaded to send them vnto some vniuersity.
1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace i. i. 119 Send her to Court, you send her to her Grave.
1769 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 7) II. 49 Heightsbury, a Town..sending two Members to Parliament.
1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 240 T' ensure the perseverance of his course,..Send him to college. View more context for this quotation
1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 872 Then..send him not to school. No—guard him better. View more context for this quotation
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. xiv. 180 He was sent to sea to be got rid of.
1859 Habits Good Society 57 The haberdasher sits in Parliament, and sends his son to Oxford.
1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 835/1 The education [at Christ's Hospital] is chiefly commercial, but four boys are annually sent to the universities.
c. In wider sense: To occasion or induce to go to a place or in a particular direction; to recommend or advise to go to a place or a person; figurative to refer (a reader) to some author or authority.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > advise [verb (transitive)] > ask advice of or seek counsel from > refer (a person) to a higher authority
sendc1449
consult1618
demit1646
relegate1870
society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > refer reader to authority
remitc1400
sendc1449
refer?1531
remand1655
relate1657
the world > movement > transference > sending > send [verb (transitive)] > give reason to go
occasion1653
send1751
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 52 Tho ij. textis seruen and remytten or senden into othere Scripturis.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 127 Y remytte and send ech man desiring forto it leerne..into the firste parti of the book.
?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst 68 He sendeth vs ther to the pedigrew of the Leuites. 1. Paralip. vi.
1751 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) I. i. 11 Those who send the blind out of their way.
1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) I. iv. 158 Writers who have sent us to the laws of the Christian emperors.
d. figurative. To describe (a person) in narrative as going (to a specified place).
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the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > describe [verb (transitive)] > describe the character of > describe as going to a specified place
send1776
1776 W. J. Mickle in tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad Introd. p. cxxv Voltaire has corrected his error in sending Camoens to the East Indies.
e. With complementary noun (now only, introduced by as) indicating the capacity in which a person is sent.
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1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. Aiii So, so, Andrea must be sent imbassador?
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. ii. 261 You sent me Deputie for Ireland. View more context for this quotation
1711 London Gaz. No. 4903/1 Signior Bentivoglio..is to be sent Nuncio into France.
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 59 [They] sent the noble Julian and Martin embassadors from..Japan to pope Gregory XIII.
f. to be sent (into the world): said of a child as born for some divine purpose, or as a gift to the parents. Cf. sense 7.
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c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxxvi. 22 By syn maternall I am send, With vyce I vaneiss.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. i. 20 I that am..sent before my time Into this breathing world. View more context for this quotation
1831 W. Scott Count Robert ix, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. II. 224 Being the only child..and sent late in life to bless their marriage bed.
1839 W. M. Thackeray Stubbs's Cal. Nov. Comic Tales (1841) II. 360 I..wore my red coat as naturally as if I had been sent into the world only for the purpose of being a letter-carrier.
g. Without the notion of a destination or errand: To cause or order to depart from one; to dismiss. Chiefly with adverbs, away, off. to send packing: see pack v.1 11b.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss
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turnc1330
putc1350
dismitc1384
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repel?a1439
avyec1440
avoida1464
depart1484
license1484
to give (a person) his (also her, etc.) leave?a1513
demit1529
dispatcha1533
senda1533
to send a grazing1533
demise1541
dimiss1543
abandon1548
dimit1548
discharge1548
dismiss1548
to turn off1564
aband1574
quit1575
hencea1586
cashier1592
to turn away1602
disband1604
amand1611
absquatulize1829
chassé1847
to send to the pack1912
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. L.vj As an ydell vacabunde man they dyspatched and sent hym awaie.
1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xix. 164 Shee sent him away as colde as a Snoweball. View more context for this quotation
1611 Bible (King James) Luke i. 53 And the rich hee hath sent emptie away. View more context for this quotation
1668 S. Pepys Diary 13 Nov. (1976) IX. 360 It is intended to..try them with a sum of money; and if they do not like it, then to send them going and call another [parliament].
1796 F. Burney Camilla I. i. iv. 85 There was no other way for him to get rid of his tutoring, without sending off Dr. Orkborne.
1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert xvii. 215 I will not take no from you,..and if you send me away from you I will not go!
1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert xvii. 215 The moment was fast coming when I should not have the strength to send him from me.
2.
a. To compel or force to go; to drive, impel. Also transferred of a circumstance, impulse, etc. Also with up.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)]
driveeOE
sendc950
stira1300
enforce1340
swayc1400
compel1447
force1582
impel1611
impulse1611
to set gone?1611
to knock on1642
pulse1666
command1680
the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > impel or drive animates
sendc950
driveOE
chacche138.
chasec1400
teisec1400
to take up1542
gar1587
urge1594
herd1883
shoo1903
the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > impel or drive animates > of force of circumstances or feelings
drivec1400
send1714
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Mark ix. 21 & symble hine [sc. one possessed of a devil] & in fyr & on wætro sende [L. misit] þætte hine losade vel fordyde.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7406 He hafð..isend heom [sc. his foes] ouer sæ-stram.
1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) iv. 34 Hail wayward Queen;..Who..send the Godly in a Pett, to pray.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 609 The royal troops instantly fired such a volley of musketry as sent the rebel horse flying in all directions.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iii. xiii. 104 The plunge of our anchor sent up clouds of birds.
b. To drive (a person) into some state or condition, to cause to go to (sleep); also with adjective complement.
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the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > drive, impel, or incite > drive to or into
send1831
1831 Society 1 179 You, both of you, will send me distracted between you.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) ii. 13 Rebecca laughed in her face, with a horrid sarcastic demoniacal laughter, that almost sent the schoolmistress into fits.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. vi. 179 He..sent the Colonel to sleep, with a long, learned, and refreshing sermon.
1892 Ld. Tennyson Foresters iv I had despair'd of thee—that sent me crazed.
c. slang (originally U.S.). To transport or arouse emotions in (a person); to enthral, delight (esp. of popular music). Also absol. Hence ˈsending adj.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > affect with pleasurable excitement [verb (transitive)] > give thrill of pleasurable excitement to > esp. in popular entertainment
send1932
funk1973
to funk up1979
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [verb (transitive)] > arouse emotions or delight
send1932
1932 Melody Maker Oct. 836/1 I enclose the following wire which Louis (Musicmouth) Armstrong sent to Big John... ‘My boy Earl was marvellous as ever yessir he sent me.’
1935 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 71/3 Hot artists or bands that can put across their licks successfully are ‘senders’; they ‘send’.
1937 Amer. Speech 12 47/1 The action of this trumpet really sends me and that's no jive.
1943 N.Y. Times 9 May ii. 5/4 There has [sic] been some really solid trumpet players who can really send; some like Louis Armstrong who had a trumpet like heaven.
1943 N.Y. Times 9 May ii. 5/4 Jimmy has a sending band and when he plays, brother, even the seats jump.
1955 V. Nabokov Lolita I. xxiv. 138 I do not know if in these tragic notes, I have sufficiently stressed the peculiar ‘sending’ effect that the writer's good looks..had on women of every age and environment.
1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues ix. 98 Meade Lux Lewis knocked them out; Ammons and Johnson flipped them..Newton's band sent them.
1959 C. MacInnes Absolute Beginners 16 A film we went to ages ago that rather sent us.
1975 N. Mitchison All change Here iv. 39 So much modern poetry is ironic or deliberately held on a low note; that may be artistically admirable, but it doesn't send the reader.
3. To cause (a person) to be carried or conducted to a destination.
a. To direct to be conveyed as a prisoner or a slave; to commit or consign officially to prison, the gallows, death, etc.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > bring something upon
send971
drivea1400
inrun1471
work1487
to draw down1595
invite1599
derive1611
superinduce1615
incur1627
to bring down1662
induce1857
society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > imprison [verb (transitive)] > send or take to
send971
rub1673
mill1838
boob1895
porridge1965
971 Blickl. Hom. 237 Mid þy þe hie me sendon on þis carcern.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13467 Petreiun heo nomen & heore inume allen. and mid þreo hundred sweinen in-to wude senden [c1300 Otho sende].
a1380 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 38/2 I am sent hider to beo slayn.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4445 Was tua men in þe kinges hus To prisun sent for þair misdede.
a1500 Contin. Brut 509 Þe Mair..sont þo þat cried so to Newgate.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. iii. 41 [Thou] That hast..slaine our Citizens, And sent our Sonnes and Husbands captiuate. View more context for this quotation
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 76 They took him, and with other Slaves sent him to Constantinople.
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 2 [A ship of war is] the New-Bridewell of the Nation, where all the incorrigible Roages [printed Vaiges] are sent.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. xviii. 246 Miller was sent on board of the frigate, and under surveillance.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxvii. 618 I tell you they are rascals; men fit to send to the hulks.
b. To consign (a departed spirit) to (a place or condition).
ΚΠ
c1400 Rule St. Benet (Prose) Prol. iii. 3 For þi he giuis us respit, þat we sal mende ure sinne and siþin to þe ioy be sent.
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 628 To torment sent before thir time. View more context for this quotation
1831 W. Scott Count Robert v, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 176 The abode to which departed spirits are sent after this life.
c. In various phrases with the meaning to kill, put to death.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)]
swevec725
quelmeOE
slayc893
quelleOE
of-falleOE
ofslayeOE
aquellc950
ayeteeOE
spillc950
beliveOE
to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE
fordoa1000
forfarea1000
asweveOE
drepeOE
forleseOE
martyrOE
to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE
bringc1175
off-quellc1175
quenchc1175
forswelta1225
adeadc1225
to bring of daysc1225
to do to deathc1225
to draw (a person) to deathc1225
murder?c1225
aslayc1275
forferec1275
to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275
martyrc1300
strangle1303
destroya1325
misdoa1325
killc1330
tailc1330
to take the life of (also fro)c1330
enda1340
to kill to (into, unto) death1362
brittena1375
deadc1374
to ding to deathc1380
mortifya1382
perisha1387
to dight to death1393
colea1400
fella1400
kill out (away, down, up)a1400
to slay up or downa1400
swelta1400
voida1400
deliverc1400
starvec1425
jugylc1440
morta1450
to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480
to put offc1485
to-slaya1500
to make away with1502
to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503
rida1513
to put downa1525
to hang out of the way1528
dispatch?1529
strikea1535
occidea1538
to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540
to fling to deathc1540
extinct1548
to make out of the way1551
to fet offa1556
to cut offc1565
to make away?1566
occise1575
spoil1578
senda1586
to put away1588
exanimate1593
unmortalize1593
speed1594
unlive1594
execute1597
dislive1598
extinguish1598
to lay along1599
to make hence1605
conclude1606
kill off1607
disanimate1609
feeze1609
to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611
to kill dead1615
transporta1616
spatch1616
to take off1619
mactate1623
to make meat of1632
to turn up1642
inanimate1647
pop1649
enecate1657
cadaverate1658
expedite1678
to make dog's meat of1679
to make mincemeat of1709
sluice1749
finisha1753
royna1770
still1778
do1780
deaden1807
deathifyc1810
to lay out1829
cool1833
to use up1833
puckeroo1840
to rub out1840
cadaverize1841
to put under the sod1847
suicide1852
outkill1860
to fix1875
to put under1879
corpse1884
stiffen1888
tip1891
to do away with1899
to take out1900
stretch1902
red-light1906
huff1919
to knock rotten1919
skittle1919
liquidate1924
clip1927
to set over1931
creasea1935
ice1941
lose1942
to put to sleep1942
zap1942
hit1955
to take down1967
wax1968
trash1973
ace1975
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxiv. sig. Ee3v I..sent him to feede fishes.
?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda v. ii. 110 What, is thy hand to weake? then mine shall helpe To send them down to euerlasting night.
1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. v. 78 Thus was I..sent vnto my graue, With all my accompts and sinnes vpon my head.
a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) v. 59 He must make yong [judges] or none, for all the old ones Her father he hath sent a fishing.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 102 Ere they could strangle him, he sent three of them to the Deuill.
1711 W. King tr. G. Naudé Polit. Considerations Refin'd Politicks iii. 100 Quintus Fabius sent a hundred thousand Gauls into the other world.
** With a thing as object.
4.
a. To cause (a thing) to be conveyed or transmitted by an intermediary to another person or place.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > transference > sending > send [verb (transitive)]
i-send971
sendOE
address1577
society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > cause to be conveyed or send
i-send971
sendOE
transmita1400
waivea1400
to send down1455
envoy1481
to send over1483
remit1543
despeed1611
OE Beowulf 471 Sende ic Wylfingum ofer wæteres hrycg ealde madmas.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 303 Ȝef ha mei sparien ani schraden sende ham al dearneliche ut of hire wanes.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4162 His kyrtil sal we..til his fader seind.
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 428 Ful redy hadde he his Apothecaryes To senden hym [i.e. the sick man] his drogges.
1471 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 354 I shal send yw mony to by wyth soch stwfe as I wull haue.
1536 T. Cromwell Let. 30 Apr. in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 11 I sende your lordship certain Crampe ringes to be bestowed there amonges your Freendes.
1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. Advt. Though it come not forth before, divers parts were sent to the Press in 1660, or 1661.
1670 A. Marvell Let. 8 Dec. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 120 I sent my letter to the Post.
1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 5 We sent on Board the Pearl twelve Butts..of Water.
1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 127 Stages go every hour..by which Mr. W. may send his trunk with safety.
1826 Museum Criticum I. 137 Mr. Blomfield's edition of the Persæ of Æschylus will very shortly be sent to Press.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 175 Since the knight Came not to us, of us to claim the prize, Ourselves will send it after.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xii. 11 Or most speedily send me back the napkin.
b. To cause (food, wine) to be handed (to a guest).
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the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [verb (transitive)] > cause food to be handed
send1770
the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [verb (transitive)] > circulate drink
troll1575
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to push the bottle about1697
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birlea1800
1770 S. Foote Lame Lover iii. 52 Why, Madam..—shan't I send you a biscuit?
1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 22 Perhaps, Miss Rodney, you will let me send you wine... What wine do you take?
1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 22 General,..you eat nothing; let Mr. Rodney send you some lamb.
c. To serve up (food, a course, meal): only with in, up, and in to send to table.
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the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [verb (transitive)]
servec1275
spenda1375
serve1381
to serve forth1381
ministerc1400
messa1425
sewc1440
to serve ina1450
to serve upc1475
asservec1500
dish1587
appose1593
to usher in1613
send1662
to hand round1692
to serve away1709
hand1851
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 64 The Countrey cannot produce Apples or other Fruits that are worth sending up to the Table.
1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Nnn3/3 Bid the Steward to send in Dinner.
1804 ‘Ignotus’ Culina 26 It should..be sent in hot and hot.
1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 23 What paper is that, in which those cutlets have been sent to table?
1888 ‘J. S. Winter’ Bootle's Children ii. 13 He found the cook just resting after sending up the late dinner.
d. Of a country: To export.
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society > trade and finance > importing and exporting > import or export [verb (transitive)] > export
to ship out1436
send1596
to trade outwarda1631
export1665
to send forth1825
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 16 It sendes to the Easte cuntreyes verie fatt kye.
1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 583 Those [sc. greenhouse plants] Ausonia claims,..th' Azores send Their jessamine.
e. transferred and figurative. Also with up.
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a1200 Moral Ode 51 in Old Eng. Hom. I. 163 Al þet beste þet we hefden þider [sc. to heaven] we hit solde senden.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 73 Todel þine zaule uram þe bodye be þoȝte, zend þine herte in-to þe oþre wordle.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 409 We from the West will send destruction Into this Cities bosome. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 195 When all things that breath,..send up silent praise To the Creator. View more context for this quotation
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 67 The sky overcast with Clouds, that now and then sent us some drops of Rain.
1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 256 Has some sickly eastern waste Sent us a wind to parch us at a blast?
1825 W. Scott Talisman i, in Tales Crusaders III. 5 That sea which holds no living fish..and..sends not, like other lakes, a tribute to the ocean.
5. To dispatch (a boat, carriage, etc.). Also with out.
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the world > movement > transference > sending > send [verb (transitive)] > send off or dispatch
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to send off1667
a1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 1101 And se cyng syððan scipa ut on sæ sende his broðer to dære & to lættinge.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8701 & drihhtin sennde an karrte himm [sc. Helyas] to.
a1352 L. Minot Poems (1914) i. 19 Þai sent þaire schippes on ilka side With flesch and wine.
1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia iii. iii. 182 The Merchant, that for priuate gaine, Doth send his Ships to passe the maine.
1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 3 The Commodore sent out a Privateer Sloop.
1837 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy (new ed.) xi. 74 There would be two boats sent for them.
6. † d. to send greeting: see greeting n.1 Obsolete.
a. To dispatch (a message, letter, telegram, etc.) by messenger, post, or other means of communication. So to send cards (of invitation).
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society > communication > information > message > send a message or messenger [verb (transitive)]
sendc897
to send (a person) wordc1275
to send aboutc1330
present1536
message1582
messenger1891
page1904
society > leisure > social event > hospitality > invitation > send invitations [verb (intransitive)]
to send cards1770
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxxii. 213 Ne ðeah eow hwelc ærendgewrit cume, suelce hit from us send sie.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2851 Þatt drihhtin haffde sennd hiss word. Till hire.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 309 Ȝe ne schule sende lettres..bute lealle [read leaue].
1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 972 (rubric) How dindimus sendyd an answere to alixandre by letter.
a1440 Sir Degrev. 121 Hys steward hadd a lettre y-sent.
c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) xiv. 143 Þat all supplicacions wich shalbe made to þe kynge..be sende to the same counsell.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xiii. iv. (heading) Kyng Latyne till Eneas send message For peax.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 86 The Embassador..sent intelligence of the same into England.
1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 13 Apr. (1948) I. 242 I sent my excuses, adorned with about thirty compliments, and got off as fast as I could.
1770 S. Foote Lame Lover ii. 49 She very well knows that I have not sent cards but twice the whole season.
1842 W. C. Taylor Student's Man. Anc. Hist. (ed. 3) xvii. §5. 519 Heliogabalus being thus victorious, sent intelligence of his success..to the senate.
1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) IV. xii. xi I sent a telegram.
1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert xviii. 225 I sent him a line..just to say that I had succeeded in finding you.
b. to send (a person) word: to transmit a message (to a person); to inform, notify. Const. of, clause, or infinitive.
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society > communication > information > message > send a message or messenger [verb (transitive)]
sendc897
to send (a person) wordc1275
to send aboutc1330
present1536
message1582
messenger1891
page1904
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12631 Bi us he sende [c1300 Otho sendeþ] word þe þat he wule to þisse londe.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour 13 And so God sent worde to the kinge and the citee bi the profete Ionas, but yef [etc.].
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 145 And syne till Scotland word send he, That thai suld mak ane assemble.
1570 in A. J. Kempe Losely MSS (1836) 235 I pray yow send me worde by this bearer what yow thinke.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. v. 54 He sent me word to stay within. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. iv. 17 To send him word they'll meete him in the Parke. View more context for this quotation
1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 72 You send me word of an expedition you are preparing.
1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 1 Dec. (1948) II. 426 Whenever you would have any money, send me word three weeks before.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island ii. xii. 98 Not long after, word was sent forward that Jim Hawkins was wanted in the cabin.
c. With the message expressed by a clause †or infinitive.
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a1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 656 Ða seonde se kyning æfter þone abbode þet he æuestlice scolde to him cumon.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1239 Þis erl..to þe king ofte sende þat he ssolde..is herte somdel amende.
a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 2209 A Soudan sent to sir Torent than, With honger that thes people be slayn.
1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. E3 Ile send to him to meet The Prince and me.
1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. G4v Although he send not that his Sonne returne.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1672 (1955) III. 603 We also tooke order to send to the Plantations, that none of their ships should adventure homeward single.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use formal courtesy in act or expression [verb (intransitive)] > greet > send greeting or remembrances
to send greetingc900
send1474
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1891) ii. x. 124 Bonefatius papa sende Eadwine greting.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13917 And efte wold heom al-swa senden [c1300 Otho sende] heom gretinge ma.
1483 Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) 489 Baillifes of the same cite..senden gretyng in oure Lorde Jhesu Criste.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Macc. xi. 27 Kynge Antiochus sendeth gretinge vnto the councell and the other people of the Iewes.
1611 Bible (King James) Acts xxiii. 26.
e. In complimentary formulæ, to send (one's) compliments, love, respects, etc. †Also, to send health, happiness, etc.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use formal courtesy in act or expression [verb (intransitive)] > greet > send greeting or remembrances
to send greetingc900
send1474
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) Ded. 1 Your most humble servant william Caxton..sendes unto yow peas, helthe, Joye and victorye upon your Enemyes.
1732–3 Ld. Carteret Let. 24 Mar. in J. Swift Lett. (1767) III. 36 The whole family of my ladies send their compliments.
1779 M. Townshend in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 100 My father is very well, and sends his love to you.
1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter II. xiii. 252 My aunt desires to send her affectionate regards to you.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxvii. 613 She made George write.., and persisted in sending Mamma's kind love in a postscript.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. xi. 268 The man said..that his young mistress had sent her duty.
7. Proverbial.1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 17 He maye chaunce haue cause to saye so of his fletcher, as..is..spoken of Cookes: and that is, that God sendeth vs good fethers, but the deuyll noughtie Fletchers.1663 ‘P. Stampoy’ Coll. Sc. Prov. 20 God sends never the mouth, but the meat with it.1663 ‘P. Stampoy’ Coll. Sc. Prov. 21 God sends meat, and the Devil sends Cooks.
a. Of God, fate, chance, etc.: ‘To grant as from a distant place’ (Johnson); to cause to happen or come into existence; to ordain as a blessing or a punishment.
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c825 Vesp. Psalter xix. 3 Gehere ðe dryhten..send ðe fultum of halgum.
a1175 Cott. Hom. 225 Ic wille senden flod.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 5531 & aȝȝ to þannkenn innwarrdliȝ drihhtin all þatt he senndeþþ.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 4332 Ac þo com þe duc of peyto as god adde þe grace ysend [MS. ε ysent].
a1300 Cursor Mundi 1592 Forþi in forme of iugement God thoght a neu wengaunce to sent.
c1400 Rule St. Benet (Verse) 162 Euil dedes er of oure awn entent, And all gude dedes fro god er sent.
1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 72v If ye gods did not vouchsafe to send them raine in due season.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. i. 43 Now Ioue in his next commodity of hayre, send thee a beard.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 146 The Nymphs..have..sent a Plague among thy thriving Bees. View more context for this quotation
1734 A. Pope Ess. Man: Epist. IV 111 God sends not Ill.
1825 W. Scott Betrothed vi, in Tales Crusaders I. 117 I..appoint thee to be kept in ward in the western tower, till God send us relief.
1877 W. S. Gilbert Sorcerer ii. Quintette Bless the thoughtful fates that send him Such a wife to soothe his years.
1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad v. 8 Ah, spring was sent for lass and lad.
b. In the phrase God, Heaven, Lord send; (also simply send); esp. with clause as object and †with object and complement. †God send (a person) safe, victorious, etc. = God grant that he may be safe, etc. †God send (you, us, etc.) with infinitive or subjunctive = God grant that you, we, etc. may do (what is indicated by the verb).
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1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 146 Gret god, sen we had euir with him past.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 701/1 God sende him good spede.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 773 God send grace they hurt not.
?1569 W. Lauder Godlie Tractate sig. Biii Grit God we pray, sen Prencis wald perceaue,..How be tha [etc.].
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. i. 172 God send him well. View more context for this quotation
1649 W. Dugdale in Lett. Eminent Men (Camden) 176 God send him well recover.
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. ii. 45 God keep you all, Gentlemen; and send you meet this day with another bitch Otter. View more context for this quotation
1690 J. Crowne Eng. Frier iii. 28 Sr. Tho. I have a great fancy I shall do well in the Country. La. C. Ah! send thou dost.
?1740 Thesaurus Musicus in W. H. Cummings God Save the King (1902) 83 God save our Lord the King... Send him victorious, Happy and Glorious.
a1777 S. Foote Capuchin (1778) iii. 136 Lord send us safe to Old England, say I!
1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein III. ix. 242 God send my poor people may have no cause to wish their old man back again.
1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter III. viii. 195 Heaven send him happy, but I fear for the success of my prayers.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge vi. 272 Heaven forgive me if I am wrong, and send me just thoughts.
*** absolute uses.
8.
a. absol. To send a message or messenger. Const. after, to.
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society > communication > information > message > send a message [verb (intransitive)]
send971
971 Blickl. Hom. 205 & [he] hie lærede þæt hie raðost to Rome sendon to ðæm papan.
a1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 1011 Her on þissum geare sende se cyng & his witan to ðam here.
1132 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) Sua ðet te king..sende efter þe muneces.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 261 To þe king of grece he sende.
c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 1047 And hastifly he sente after Custaunce.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10737 Wit þis þai sent sun vp and don, And bad þam at a dai be bon.
c1425 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 734 He bade him nat long Tary to sende aftyr more socour.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) vi. 149 He sent thrughe all the londe, and made com all the maysters masons [etc.].
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xcv. 309 He sende & commaundyd hym that he sholde no more fyght with me.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. ii. 128 Send to me in the morning. View more context for this quotation
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1660 (1955) III. 254 Coll: Specer..sent to me, & intreated that I would take Commission.
1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter II. v. 102 When your lordship wants me again, send. You know where I live. If you don't send I shan't come.
1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond ix John, send to Mrs. Hoggarty in the shrubbery.
1873 Independent Defender (San Francisco) 15 Nov. 3/1 The operator..excitedly telegraphed back, don't send so d——d fast.
1924 Radio Times 19 Dec. 585/3 This is only a receiving station. We can't send. We can only listen.
1929 Amer. Speech 4 288 The sender's task is to ‘move it’,..—or simply ‘send’.
1974 W. Garner Big enough Wreath xi. 140 What if he'd asked to see the print-out? What if he'd gone over to see you send?
b. Followed by infinitive (or, rarely, by and with a coordinate verb) indicating the purpose.
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a1225 Leg. Kath. 151 Ha sende swiðe for to witen hwet wunder hit were.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7125 To þe duc he sende sone to helpe him in þat cas.
1482 Monk of Evesham 54 Myne soule was gonne and paste out of my bodye yere my wyfe knewe hit or sende to calle for the pryste.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. v. 62 And let him say to England, that we send, To know what willing Ransome he will giue. View more context for this quotation
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1678 (1955) IV. 144 The Duke of Norfolck..sent to me to take charge of the Bookes.
1692 R. L'Estrange Fables xci. 86 His Wife sent up and down to look after him.
1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 16 Sept. (1948) I. 20 Sir John Holland..has sent to desire my acquaintance.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. liii. 207 I have sent every half hour to know how she does.
1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings III. x. 121 He inquired whether there was not a morsel left... Mr. R. was not sure. ‘Send and see’, said Lamb.
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters ix. 218 He sent to invite her to supper with him.
c. Of a shop: to deliver goods ordered.
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1871 G. H. Lewes Let. 27 Aug. in Geo. Eliot Lett. (1956) V. 181 Take care the Stores people send on Thursday.
1968 Observer 22 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 17/4 The shops won't send and now they've stopped the bus.
9. to send for.
a. To send a messenger or message for; to send (a person) to fetch ——.
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > send (a person) > send to fetch
to send for1338
1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 19 He sent for alle þe kynges, fro Berwik vnto Kent.
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 237 He hadde nouȝt i-send for more help.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxviii. 566 Than com Merlin to Arthur, and bad hym sende for all his power in all haste.
1562 H. Machyn Diary (1848) 282 Ther was a grett frey and my lord mare..was send fore.
1672 R. Wiseman Treat. Wounds i. 38 The next day..it burst out impetuously; I was sent for, and found it bleeding with a strong impulse.
1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xi. 146 The Guards..sent for drink.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. lix. 213 I send by poor Lovelace's desire, for particulars of the fatal breviate.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 77 She sent for Blanche to accuse her face to face.
1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert xxviii. 373 Would you not like me to send for one of your priests?
b. With adverb qualifying ‘to come’ or ‘be brought’ understood.
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1592 Arden of Feversham Epil. 3 The one tooke Sanctuary, and being sent for out, Was murthred in Southwark.
a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 15 My mother thought fitt to send for mee home.
1678 tr. A. de Courtin Rules Civility (rev. ed.) vi. 57 You must go away without seeing him, unless he sends for you in.
1727 J. Swift Horace Imitated in J. Swift Misc. Last Vol. ii. 34 Send for him up, take no Excuse.
1753 J. Collier Ess. Art of Tormenting i. ii. 62 I shall not send for you back.
1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter II. vii. 125 The Squire was sent for home.
c. Of a sovereign: To command the attendance of; esp. to summon a leader or prominent member of a political party, for the purpose of offering him the office of prime minister.
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon
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to send for1744
to turn up1752
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1744 T. Birch Life R. Boyle 154 He was then by his Majesty's order sent for to Whitehall.
1765 G. Williams in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) I. 382 The King declared to his ministers that he had no further occasion for their services, but had sent for Mr. Pitt.
1806 G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 227 The King could do no better than to send for Lord Grenville.
1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. 512 The Queen sent for Lord Hartington, she then sent for Lord Granville; but everyone knew in advance who was to come into power at last.
II. To cause to go, by physical means or by direct volition.
10. figurative.a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Lit. (1878) xii. 392 The Duke of Wellington uses words with a strange frugality, and sends them straight to their mark.
a. transitive. To discharge and direct (a missile); to throw or propel in a particular direction; occasionally †to thrust (a dagger). Also said of a missile weapon.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > discharge (missile)
sendc825
to let flyOE
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to let goc1500
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > use of knives > stab with knife [verb (transitive)] > thrust knife
stoop1662
send1687
c825 Vesp. Psalter xvii. 15 [xviii. 14] Sende strele his & tostencte hie.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3232 And he lette fuse him to flan swuðe kene. and alle him to sende.
1627 M. Drayton Battaile Agincourt 20 As thick againe their Shafts the English send.
1646–7 Boyle in Birch Life (1744) 74 Which [wind-gun]..would..send forth a leaden bullet..with force to kill a man at twenty five..paces.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 836 In his right hand Grasping ten thousand Thunders, which he sent Before him. View more context for this quotation
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1646 (1955) II. 513 He was sending a brace of bullets into the poore beast.
1687 E. Settle Refl. Dryden's Plays 83 To send a Dagger to a Mans heart is an expression older than thou art.
1717 J. Addison in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Metamorphoses iii. 91 Cadmus..Then heav'd a stone, and rising to the throw, He sent it in a whirlwind at the foe.
1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 570 None sends his arrow to the mark in view, Whose hand is feeble.
1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 803 And the whistling ball Sent through the trav'llers temples!
1842 R. H. Barham St. Medard in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 286 As the cannon recoils when it sends its shot.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. xiv. 334 ‘I fling the words in your face, my lord,’ says the other, ‘shall I send the cards too?’
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. viii. 190 Flashman..sent an empty pickle-jar whizzing after them.
b. To deliver (a blow). †Formerly const. dative. Also to send home (see home adv. 4b).
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the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > deal or give (a stroke or blow)
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the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > deal or give (a stroke or blow) > accurately or effectively
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fastc1330
to send homea1627
to fetch overa1640
plant1808
land1886
a1627 T. Middleton Mayor of Quinborough (1661) ii. i. 19 How am I serv'd in this? I offer a vexation to the King, He sends it home into my bloud with vantage.
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. vii. sig. H8v Hadrian sent his inferiour seruant a box on the eare, for walking but betweene two Senators.
1861 H. C. Pennell Puck on Pegasus 111 Right to his dexter optic The Champion sent a blow.
1894 R. Kipling Jungle Bk. 59 Kaa..sent home half-a-dozen full-power smashing blows.
c. To drive (a ball).
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [verb (transitive)] > play ball in specific way
tossc1530
send1782
place1819
dowf1825
loft1857
belt1870
screw1881
smash1882
English1884
carry1889
slice1890
mishit1903
balloon1904
rainbow1906
rifle1914
tuck1958
stroke1960
1782 Kentish Gaz. 20–3 Nov. Now the Batsman..Sends the Ball Over all.
1887 Field 5 Nov. 714/1 Lawrence then, by a well-judged kick, sent the ball between the [goal] posts.
11. To emit, give forth as a source.
a. To give off or out (light, heat, odour, etc.); to discharge, pour out (liquid). Chiefly with adverbs, forth, off, out.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit
send971
stretchc1275
casta1300
sheda1325
manda1350
to throw outa1413
yielda1450
devoida1475
render1481
reflair1509
sup out1513
to give out1530
utter1536
spout1568
to give fortha1586
to let fly1590
to put out1614
eject1616
evacuate1622
ejaculate1625
emit1626
fling1637
outsend1647
exert1660
extramit1668
exclude1677
emane1708
extromita1711
evolve1772
emanate1797
discharge1833
exsert1835
to give off1840
971 Blickl. Hom. 245 Nu þonne, anlicnes,..sænd mycel wæter þurh þinne muþ.
a1425 Arderne's Treat. Fistula 56 If þai sende out blode þai ar seid ryȝtfully emeroydez.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) James iii. B Doth a fountayne sende forth at one place swete water and bytter also?
1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 145 He is the Morning Star, His bemis send he hes out far.
1574 T. Hill Profitable Arte of Gardening (rev. ed.) lvii. 115 By the watring on this wise, the roote sendeth such bitternesse as then remayneth in the same.
1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 74v I demaunded..the reason..why this streame..neuer sent foorth any miste or vapour.
1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. x. 1 Dead flies cause the oyntment..to send foorth a stinking sauour. View more context for this quotation
1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia vi. 241 And with the very breath she sends The healthy aire taints and offends.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 204 Many Springs send forth their Water with such violence, that [etc.].
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 141 That light Sent from her through the wide transpicuous aire. View more context for this quotation
1820 P. B. Shelley Sensitive Plant in Prometheus Unbound 158 And their breath was mixed with fresh odour, sent From the turf, like the voice and the instrument.
1840 H. Smith Oliver Cromwell II. 239 Several pipes of trinidado were sending forth their powerful fumes.
1862 G. Borrow Wild Wales (1901) xxiii. 71/1 A white farm-house—sending from a tall chimney a thin misty reek up to the sky.
b. To give forth or out (sound); to utter (a cry, groan, etc.). Cf. 13.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > thing heard > make sound [verb (transitive)]
stira1000
sendc1200
movea1382
raisec1400
demean1483
emit1826
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 211 Muð sent ut þe stefne.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxvii[i]. 33 He shal sende out his voyce, yee and that a mightie voyce.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. ix. sig. Nn1v Or such a noise it was, as highest thunders sende.
1621 R. Brathwait Omphale in Natures Embassie 233 Rather then for her I'de shed one teare,..or send one grone.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 134/1 An Hart, when he sendeth forth his Cry, is said to Bellow.
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 469 He sends a dreadful groan.
1785 W. Cowper Task v. 821 When ev'ry star..Sent forth a voice.
1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. xv. 25 But still her lips refus'd to send—‘Farewell!’
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 84 The lost lamb at her feet Sent out a bitter bleating for its dam.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 84 Then Enid,..Sent forth a sudden sharp and bitter cry.
c. To throw out as a branch or offshoot. Chiefly with off, out, †forth.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project from (something) [verb (transitive)] > cause to project or stretch forth > as a branch or offshoot
send1715
1715 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Relig. (ed. 2) i. vi. 297 The Aorta,..bending a little upwards, sends forth the Cervical and Axillary Arteries.
1723 P. Blair Pharmaco-botanologia i. 34 Sending forth here and there several Leaves.
1732 A. Monro Anat. Nerves 3 The Nerves..send off their Branches at more acute Angles..than the Blood-vessels do.
a1767 A. Monro Wks. (1781) 312 The lymphatic vessel which enters its superior arch, is often sent from the thyroid gland.
1812 S. Edwards New Bot. Garden I. 90 It sends out several stems from the root.
1837 P. Keith Bot. Lexicon 395 Each [bronchial tube] dividing and subdividing, and sending off secondary branches.
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 131 A minute mesial stomato-gastric ganglion, which..sends nerves to the..jaw and its muscles.
12. To direct (a thought, look, glance).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > take notice of, heed [verb (transitive)] > direct attention, thought, etc.
lookeOE
i-thenchec897
to look to ——OE
send?c1420
to look upon ——c1515
to look unto ——1526
face1630
turn1842
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > direct (a look)
warpc1175
send1592
dart1593
look1599
squint1631
fling1654
?c1420 26 Pol. Poems 74 God askeþ of the:..Þy swete þouȝtes (þou) me sende.
1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. ii. sig. C4v Send thou sweet looks, ile meet them with sweet looks.
1782 W. Cowper Verses by A. Selkirk 37 My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me?
1831 W. Scott Count Robert x, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 304 Many were the glances which the Princess sent among her retinue.
1890 W. C. Russell Marriage at Sea vii Never can I forget the expression of her face..when..she sent a look at the yacht.
13. To cause (sound, one's voice) to ‘carry’ or travel. Chiefly poetic. Cf. 11b.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > [verb (transitive)] > cause to carry
send1597
to send abroad1821
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 32 Through brazen trumpet send the breath of parlee Into his ruinde eares. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 548 When Cherubic Songs by night from neighbouring Hills Aereal Music send . View more context for this quotation
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. vii. iii. 23 The Squire..sent after his Sister the same Holla which attends the Departure of a Hare. View more context for this quotation
1842 Ld. Tennyson Talking Oak xxxi, in Poems (new ed.) II. 71 And livelier than a lark She sent her voice through all the holt Before her.
1892 W. E. Henley Song of Sword 76 The cry of a gull sent seaward.
14. To drive by pulsation, impulse, etc.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > by pulsation
senda1767
a1767 A. Monro Wks. (1781) 378 The liquors sent from the umbilical arteries to be mixed with the uterine blood, resemble the..liquors separated from the..blood.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 638/2 The cavities..on the right side of the heart send the blood to the lungs for the purposes of respiration.
1873 F. Jenkin Electr. & Magn. (1881) xxii. §4. 300 A simple key, which the operator depresses when he wishes to send a current.
1874 W. K. Clifford in Fortn. Rev. Dec. 719 Like the wave which you send along a string and which comes back.
1874 W. K. Clifford in Fortn. Rev. Dec. 719 There is a physical excitation or disturbance which is sent along two different nerves.
15. Of a blow or something having the effect of a blow, also of the agent, a weapon: To cause to go or fall violently. Also with down.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low > knock down > specifically a person or animal
fellOE
to strike down1470
quell1535
to run down1587
to trip (also turn, tumble, kick, etc.) up a person's heels1587
to strike up the heels of1602
level1770
silence1785
grass1814
send1822
to send to grass1845
beef1926
deck1953
1822 A. Thornton Don Juan II. ii. 25 But the contest was suddenly arrested..by a colossal fist which sent two or three of the combatants sprawling among the wine buts.
1840 W. M. Thackeray Barber Cox in Comic Almanack 33 His lance took Tagrag on the neck, and sent him to the ground like a stone.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxii. 564 My lord nearly sent Jos off his legs, with the most fascinating smile.
?1856 F. E. Smedley Harry Coverdale's Courtship ii. 11 He struck his antagonist a crashing blow, which..sent him down like a shot.
1879 F. T. Pollok Sport Brit. Burmah II. 149 Up would go the elephant's hind leg, sending the pig flying.
1887 ‘M. Rutherford’ Revol. Tanner's Lane (ed. 8) i. 8 In an instant it was sent flying to the other side of the road.
1898 Daily News 24 Nov. 7/3 Sharkey..put a right hand smash on the jaw, sending Corbett down.
16. To cause (a thing) to go down, up, etc. Also transferred with immaterial object, e.g. prices, one's spirits.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)]
besench971
avalec1314
sinka1325
lighta1400
to get downa1450
abasec1450
descenda1475
base1489
fall1595
slopea1616
dimit1628
demit1646
send1657
down1852
dip1879
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > send up
upsend1667
send1794
1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden ix. 20 Lavender..heateth the Belly, and sendeth down the Terms.
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 213 The Jack-block is used for sending top-gallant-yards up or down.
1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 108 Tartar emetic..solution being heated with sulphuret of ammonia, sends down a copious gold coloured precipitate.
a1832 W. Scott Lord of Isles (1834) Introd. 9 I sent up another of these trifles, which, like schoolboys' kites, served to show how the wind..was setting.
1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 30 If the topgallant sail is to be bent aloft, send it up to the topmast cross-trees by the clewlines.
1860 H. Stuart Novice's or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 50 Reeve a topgallant mast rope, and send the mast on deck.
1895 A. Conan Doyle Stark Munro Lett. xvi. 332 We could manage very well on that—the more so as marriage sends a doctor's income up.
17. To cause to move or travel; to cause to work. Cf. to send along at Phrasal verbs.
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the world > movement > cause to move [verb (transitive)]
stira1023
icchec1175
wawc1290
movea1382
remble1579
rouse1582
agitate1592
act1597
to put in (also into, to) motion1597
activate1624
actuate1641
animate1646
ferment1667
to feague away1671
to carry about1680
excite1694
jee1722
bestir1813
emotion1831
to set on1855
send1864
motion1929
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > operate engine [verb (transitive)]
send1864
1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 30 The breath of heaven came continually And sent her [sc. a ship] sweetly by the golden isles.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Jan. 7/2 The order was given to send the engines full speed astern.
1893 F. F. Moore Gray Eye or So III. 205 Harold..sending his horses at a pretty fair pace into the square.
III. Infinitival and attributive uses.
18. The infinitive used:
a. to describe the position of a switch for transmission.
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1876 Jrnl. Soc. Telegr. Engineers 5 494 The switch has been put on ‘send’.
1976 C. Egleton State Visit ix. 88 Because he kept the switch on ‘send’, they could just hear the band.
b. attributive in the sense ‘sending’, as the name of a part.
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1973 C. Bonington Next Horizon xiii. 194 He ended up by telling me to press the send switch of the radio three times as affirmative and twice for negative, in reply to his questions.
1976 K. Thackeray Crownbird ix. 198 He pulled his microphone towards him..and depressed the send button.
Phrasal verbs
In idiomatic combination with adverbs. (For the obvious combinations see the simple senses and the adverbs.) to send about † transitive. To dispatch (messengers) here and there; also absol. Obsolete. to send abroad to send against —— † passive. To be met. (Cf. to go against —— at go v. Phrasal verbs 2.) Obsolete. to send along to send away † 2. See quot. 1714. Obsolete. Cf. to send down at Phrasal verbs. to send back to send before to send down to send forth to send in to send off absolute.1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xix. 163 The trembling old lady sent off for her doctor.† 2. = sense to send down 2 at Phrasal verbs. Obsolete. to send on absolute.1843 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross II. vii. 178 Because Sir Yawnberry Dawdle, who lies long in bed, sends on, Mr. Larkspur..must needs do the same. to send out to send over to send round send through to send up absolute.1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret III. iv. 106 Poor Tomlins has sent up three times to say the fish will be spoiled.
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society > communication > information > message > send a message or messenger [verb (transitive)]
sendc897
to send (a person) wordc1275
to send aboutc1330
present1536
message1582
messenger1891
page1904
c1330 King of Tars 146 He sente aboute on uche a syde Alle that he mihte of seende.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) i. ii. 46 The Senate hath sent about [1622 sent aboue] three seuerall Quests, To search you out. View more context for this quotation
1. transitive. To publish, make known widely; also, to cause (a sound) to be heard far and wide. archaic or poetic.
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society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (transitive)]
sowc888
blowc1275
dispeple1297
to do abroadc1300
fame1303
publyc1350
defamea1382
publisha1382
open?1387
proclaima1393
slandera1400
spreada1400
abroachc1400
throwc1400
to give outa1425
promote?a1425
noisec1425
publicc1430
noisec1440
divulgea1464
to put outc1475
skail1487
to come out witha1500
bruit1525
bruita1529
to bear out1530
divulgate1530
promulgate1530
propale?1530
ventilate1530
provulgate1535
sparple1536
sparse1536
promulge1539
disperse1548
publicate1548
forthtell1549
hurly-burly?1550
propagate1554
to set abroada1555
utter1561
to set forth1567
blaze1570
evulgate1570
scatter1576
rear?1577
to carry about1585
pervulgate1586
celebrate?1596
propalate1598
vent1602
evulge1611
to give forth1611
impublic1628
ventilate1637
disseminate1643
expose1644
emit1650
to put about1664
to send abroad1681
to get abroad1688
to take out1697
advertise1710
forward1713
to set abouta1715
circulate1780
broadcast1829
vent1832
vulgate1851
debit1879
float1883
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > [verb (transitive)] > cause to carry
send1597
to send abroad1821
1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis To send abroad or to publish, edere, evulgare.
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 79 He has a thousand pretty Phrases..which he never sends abroad.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. viii. 132 The great bell of the Castle..began to send its pealing clamour abroad.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 42 He..fear'd To send abroad a shrill and terrible cry.
2. absol. To send out notices widely.
ΚΠ
1611 Bible (King James) 1 Chron. xiii. 2 Let vs send abroad vnto our brethren euery where. View more context for this quotation
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > meeting or encounter > meet or encounter [verb (intransitive)] > be met
to send against ——1541
1541 T. Wyatt Defence in K. Muir Life & Lett. (1963) 195 He [sc. Pole] was nether sent agaynste, beinge the Bysshope of Rome's legate, nether receaved,..now accompaned owte agayne.
transitive. To cause to travel rapidly; figurative to accelerate the progress or growth of.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > cause to move swiftly [verb (transitive)]
featherc888
speeda1387
whirry1582
winga1596
rattle?1611
race1734
to send along1867
zip1891
roller-coast1962
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivate plants or crops [verb (transitive)] > force
forward1626
to bring on1629
force1719
stint1845
to send along1867
1867 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 3 ii. 533 If they have been ‘sent along’ with Indian corn [etc.] they will make up to nearly 2 lbs. heavier.
1912 N.E.D. at Send Mod. The coachman sent his horses along at a good rate.
1. transitive. To dispatch (a messenger, message, boat, etc.). Also absol.
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the world > movement > transference > sending > send [verb (transitive)] > send off or dispatch
fusea1000
asendc1000
senda1122
depeach1483
dispatch1517
despeche1531
shoot1542
to send away1600
dispeed1603
expedite1606
despeed1611
to send off1667
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 381 If I be not sent away poste, I will see you againe ere I goe. View more context for this quotation
1612 Sir R. Naunton in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 118 I am in some haste, for fear Mr. More should send away before this comes to him.
1777 J. Cook Jrnl. 29 Nov. (1967) III. i. 252 Before we got near enough to send away a boat to Sound the entrance.
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society > education > educational administration > university administration > [verb (transitive)] > send down
rusticate1709
to send away1714
to send off1843
to send down1853
1714 Spectator No. 596. ⁋3 Upon which I was sent away, or in the University Phrase, Rusticated for ever.
transitive (Cricket.) To cause (one who has come out to bat) to return; to ‘put out’.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > dismissal of batsman > put out [verb (transitive)]
to put out1735
take1828
to get out1833
remove1843
to send back1870
dismiss1875
out1899
get1901
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > fielding > field [verb (transitive)] > put out
to send back1870
1870 Baily's Monthly Mag. Aug. 359 A good catch..sent him back when only a few runs were wanted.
1882 Daily Tel. 19 May The first ball..sent back Mr. Greenfield.
transitive. To cause to go in advance. Now rare.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > go in front of [verb (transitive)] > send in front
to send before1538
premise?c1550
to send ona1684
the world > movement > transference > sending > send [verb (transitive)] > in advance
to send before1646
to send on1847
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Emissarius,..signyfieth hym, whiche is sent before in battayle to espie.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. ii. 19 I am sent, with broome, before, To sweepe the dust, behinde the dore. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 3 I am sent before to make a fire, and they are comming after to warme them. View more context for this quotation
1646 Boyle in Birch Life (1744) 55 At Salisbury I overtook my trunks I had sent thither before.
1740 S. Johnson Drake in Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 444 Advertised by two Symerons, whom he sent before.
1744 T. Birch Life R. Boyle 34 To make his addresses to this lady, Mr. F. was sent..before up to London.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Masque of Anarchy (1832) xxi. 11 So he sent his slaves before To seize upon the Bank and Tower.
1. To dispatch from the King or the Lords to the Commons, from the capital, a city, one's headquarters, etc. into the country. Also absol.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > cause to be conveyed or send
i-send971
sendOE
transmita1400
waivea1400
to send down1455
envoy1481
to send over1483
remit1543
despeed1611
the world > movement > transference > sending > send [verb (transitive)] > send off or dispatch > from the king or a city to the country
to send down1455
1455 Rolls of Parl. V. 303/1 That than the seid provisions and exceptions be sende doune unto us, to that ende that we may gife oure assentz therto.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. iiiv Wherfore in all haste he sent downe gyuyng strayte commaundement yt they shuld cease of yt ryot.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. ii. 1 b [He] sent downe his traine by water: and himselfe went by land.
1671 Lady M. Bertie in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 22 Your mourning..which Fynes sent downe a Thursday.
1678 Lady Chaworth in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 48 All but six Lords disliked the Commons adresse to the King, so it was sent them downe againe.
1884 A. S. Swan Dorothea Kirke xviii. 164 If we meet any poor shop-girl..we'll send her down..to wonder at the blueness of the sky.
1891 ‘J. S. Winter’ Lumley xi. 80 I'm going to send down for Ruth to come up to help to nurse you.
2. To compel (an undergraduate) to leave the University (permanently or for a specified time), as a punishment. = rusticate v. 3.
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society > education > educational administration > university administration > [verb (transitive)] > send down
rusticate1709
to send away1714
to send off1843
to send down1853
1853 ‘C. Bede’ Adventures Mr. Verdant Green xii. 114 He won't..Gate and chapel you..or send you down.
1894 Times 16 May 10/4 Some 17 members of Christ Church..have been heavily fined and ‘sent down’.
3. Cricket. To bowl (a ball, an over).
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > bowl [verb (transitive)]
bowl1739
pitch1772
trundle1849
to send down1871
to put down1924
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > bowl [verb (transitive)] > deliver an over
to send down1871
1871 Baily's Monthly Mag. Oct. 415 At times, no bowler in England sends down such utterly unplayable balls.
1882 Daily Tel. 19 May Nine overs were then sent down for half a dozen runs.
4. To dispatch or commit to prison by sentence. Frequently passive. slang (originally U.S.).
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > imprison [verb (transitive)]
beclosec1000
setc1100
steekc1175
prison?c1225
adightc1275
imprison1297
laya1325
keepc1330
presentc1380
locka1400
throwc1422
commise1480
clapc1530
shop1548
to lay up1565
incarcerate1575
embar1590
immure1598
hole1608
trunk1608
to keep (a person) darka1616
carceir1630
enjaila1631
pocket1631
bridewell1733
bastille1745
cage1805
quod1819
bag1824
carcerate1839
to send down1840
jug1841
slough1848
to send up1852
to put away1859
warehouse1881
roundhouse1889
smug1896
to bang up1950
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > sentence [verb (transitive)] > sentence to jail
to send down1840
settle1899
1840 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 2 Aug. 2/5 She scorned to find surety in $500 to keep the peace, so she was sent down.
1880 G. A. Sala Amer. Revisited (1882) I. v. 85 They were ‘sent down’ for ten days.
1941 ‘R. West’ Black Lamb & Grey Falcon II. 315 We caught the murderer..and he was sent down for a long sentence.
1960 G. Butler Death lives Next Door vi. 118 I'm Ted Springer's missus. Sent him down for three years, you did.
1976 ‘P. B. Yuill’ Hazell & Menacing Jester iii. 39 ‘Is there any chance he could go to gaol?’ ‘You'd like him sent down, would you?’
5. To cause to accompany someone (to dinner).
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1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere II. ii. xvii. 74 They would be sent down to dinner together to a certainty.
1892 ‘A. Hope’ Mr. Witt's Widow viii. 98 That lady..sent Laura down to dinner with him.
6. send her down, Davy (also Hughie, etc.) and variants: expressing a wish for rain to fall. Cf. Hughie n. slang (chiefly Australian and New Zealand).
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1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 44 Send her down, Steve!, let it rain on.
1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 72 David (or Davy), send it down, a soldier's greeting to a shower of rain likely to postpone a parade.
1928 L. H. Nason Sergeant Eadie xi. 321 Hurray! Send her down, Davie; no drill today!
1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 209/1 New Zealanders and Australians say send her down, Hughie!
1958 Tararua 27 The derisive phrases, ‘Send it down, Hughie’ and ‘Let it come down, Hughie’, go back to early in this century and are variants of the British military catch-phrase ‘Send it down, David’... St. Hugh has long been associated with rain.
1975 Panorama (Austral.) Nov. 2/5 ‘Send 'er down, Hughie!’ An expression in nationwide use since the turn of the century, which is..an invocation to Heaven..to send rain.
transitive. To produce, yield; also, of a country, to export; of the press, to issue, publish.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > produce or bring forth > yield or produce naturally
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society > trade and finance > importing and exporting > import or export [verb (transitive)] > export
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to send forth1825
society > communication > printing > publishing > publish [verb (transitive)]
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to put out1529
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promulge1539
to set abroada1555
present1559
to set out1559
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publish1573
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edit1727
to give to the world1757
to get out1786
to send forth1849
to bring out1878
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release1896
pub1932
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §567 The Water also doth send forth Plants, that haue no Roots.
1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I i. 3 I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one.
1825 W. Scott Betrothed x, in Tales Crusaders I. 186 I have..cyprus, such as the east hath seldom sent forth.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 415 The press now often sends forth in a day a greater quantity of discussion..than was published [etc.].
1885 Field 4 Apr. 426/2 Skeffington Wood sent forth the first [fox].
1. transitive. To give (one's name), hand (one's card) to a servant when making a call.
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society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (transitive)] > send in name or card
to send in1748
to leave one's (also a) card1749
spit1782
to send up1884
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. liii. 204 The Colonel..sent in his name; and I..introduced the afflicted gentleman.
1897 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin v. ii On sending in my card I was shown at once into the studio.
2. To cause (a thing) to be delivered at its destination, to the person entitled to receive it or to the appointed receiver; esp. to render (an account, a bill).to send in one's jacket: see jacket n. Phrases 4.to send in one's papers: see paper n. 12b.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > send in
insenda1300
immit1578
immiss1647
to send in1715
society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > cause to be conveyed or send > cause to be delivered at destination
deliverc1300
to send in1715
1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. ii. i. 196 At Church there are Bills sent in, for the Minister to pray for Folks.
a1777 S. Foote Nabob (1778) i. 22 Sir Robert Bumper's butler is to send in the wine.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. xxiii. 300 My father's bills had been sent in, and amounted to twelve hundred pounds.
1887 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 19 518 It is suggested that to send in a bill is not to demand payment of it, but this is a fanciful view.
1895 G. Saintsbury Corrected Impressions 179 An editorial notice of a poem which had been sent in.
3. Cricket. To send (a batter) into the field to bat. Also, to send (the opposing side) in to bat first.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > put (person) in to bat
to put in1823
to send in1857
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > put (team) in to bat first
to put in1823
to send in1912
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. viii. 398 Arthur is sent in, and goes off to the wicket.
1898 G. Giffen With Bat & Ball viii. 111 Bonnor was sent in third wicket down.
1912 P. F. Warner Eng. v. Austral. vi. 48 Trumper beat Douglas in the toss, and sent us in.
1930 C. G. Macartney My Cricketing Days iii. 18 They might have given us a good game had not our captain..won the toss and sent them in on a bad wicket.
1969 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (ed. 106) 478 Although Lancashire were without..their opening bowlers, Leicestershire sent them in on winning the toss.
1. transitive. To cause to start on a mission from oneself; to see to the departure of (a person or thing, a message, etc., that is to be conveyed somewhere).
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the world > movement > transference > sending > send [verb (transitive)] > send off or dispatch
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despeed1611
to send off1667
1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 lxxiv. 19 His wounded men he first sends off to shore.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. viii. iv. 211 When she had sent off this letter.
1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign vi. 162 We..sent off some native runners to go and find him.
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society > education > educational administration > university administration > [verb (transitive)] > send down
rusticate1709
to send away1714
to send off1843
to send down1853
1843 Yale Lit. Mag. 9 66 That was all I could ever get from him on the subject—‘that the Faculty were funny fellows, very—had sent him off for laughing’.
3. Sport. To order (a player) to leave the pitch as a punishment.
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society > leisure > sport > judging or umpiring > umpire or referee [verb (transitive)] > punish
penalize1868
to send off1906
sin-bin1983
1906 W. Pickford in Gibson & Pickford Association Football III. xvi. 6 A referee may send a player off at once and without any previous caution, if he is guilty of violent conduct.
1976 Milton Keynes Express 2 July 43/4 Newton..suffered a severe setback in the first half when they had a player sent off.
1. transitive. To dispatch (a person or thing) in advance; also absol. for ‘to send on one's horse’.
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society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > cause to be conveyed or send > forward or in advance
to send ona1684
forward1751
the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > go in front of [verb (transitive)] > send in front
to send before1538
premise?c1550
to send ona1684
the world > movement > transference > sending > send [verb (transitive)] > in advance
to send before1646
to send on1847
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1652 (1955) III. 69 I sent my footman some hours before, and so rod negligently, under favour of the shade.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xli. 378 Pitt accompanied them..having sent on their baggage in a cart previously.
1895 A. Conan Doyle Stark Munro Lett. xvi. 342 I work a town at a time. I send on an agent to the next to say that I am coming.
2. To cause (a person) to go onward.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move or cause to move forward or advance [verb (transitive)] > send forward
to set forth1525
to set forward1556
to set ona1616
to send on1877
1877 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXIII. 357 A asks B to help him, and B, in his wonderful charity, does him the great favour of sending him on to C.
3. To dispatch (a letter, etc.) forward from the place to which it was addressed.
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society > communication > correspondence > sending items > send items [verb (transitive)] > address letter > to new address
redirect1618
to send on1833
readdress1847
1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing liii. 183 Dear sir, I want you to send this on to cousin Jack.
1854 W. Collins Hide & Seek ii. xiii If it's anything about accounts to settle, mother said they were to be sent on to her.
1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 7 July (1956) VII. 179 I have had 2 letters from him which Miss Gibson sent on.
1895 ‘G. Mortimer’ Like Stars that Fall xiv. 198 Didn't you get the letter sent on?
transitive. To issue (†a commandment, an invitation); †to proclaim that.
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > issue (a commandment)
to send outc1400
c1400 Three Kings Cologne 26 Whan Octouianus had sent houte a commaundement..þat euery man and woman scholde go to his cite.
a1450 Mirk's Festial 22 Þan was send out a mawndement.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1652 (1955) III. 70 I rod to Colonel Blounts..who sent out hugh & Crie immediately.
transitive. To dispatch across the sea, or (in later use) from one place to another (cf. over adv. 5). Also absol.
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society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > cause to be conveyed or send
i-send971
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transmita1400
waivea1400
to send down1455
envoy1481
to send over1483
remit1543
despeed1611
1483 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 140 I beseche yowre master~schypp to remember to send ower the pampelett.
1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia iii. i. 94 Send Sextus over to some forraine Nation.
1646 Boyle in Birch Life (1744) 65 Some of the least bad of which [verses] I shall venture to send you over.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1652 (1955) III. 59 I..meditated of sending over for my Wife.
1888 ‘J. S. Winter’ Bootle's Children ix. 59 Hothouse blooms and delicate ferns and tall palms, which had been sent over by cartloads.
1. transitive. To circulate.
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the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > pass with the hand > pass from hand to hand
band1580
bandya1599
passa1616
to hand about1660
to fist about1701
circulatec1793
to send round1839
1839 W. M. Thackeray Stubbs's Cal. Dec. Comic Tales (1841) II. 366 ‘Never mind, my boys’, I used to say, ‘send the bottle round’.
1841 Pusey in Newman's Lett. (1891) II. 370 (note) A circular is being sent round to all the members of Convocation.
2. to send round the hat: see hat n. Phrases 11.
3. colloquial. To send (something; also absol. to send a message) to some one in the neighbourhood.
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1912 N.E.D. at Send Mod. I will leave the basket; you can send it round anytime. I will send round tomorrow to inquire how the patient is.
To send (a message) to its destination. (See through adv. 1c.)
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1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 189 He..sent a message to the signalling company to send through—and it was sent through.
1. transitive. Of things: To emit, give off, shoot out (something that rises or travels upwards).
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > something that rises
to send up1584
1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 76 The countrey is exceeding hote and parching, being altogether vnfit to sende vp any vapours.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 742 The Hills..Vapour, and Exhalation dusk and moist, Sent up amain. View more context for this quotation
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 62. ¶5 It is a Flame that sends up no Smoak.
1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna vii. xi. 161 [It] Past like a spark sent up out of a burning oven.
1837 P. Keith Bot. Lexicon 104 If a bean is planted..it will immediately begin to send up a stem.
2. To cause (a person) to go or (a thing) to be taken ‘upstairs’ (from the kitchen, entrance hall, etc.); esp. to serve up (a meal), to send in (one's name or card as a visitor).
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society > trade and finance > charges > [verb (transitive)] > demand payment > send bill or account
render1712
to send up1836
society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (transitive)] > send in name or card
to send in1748
to leave one's (also a) card1749
spit1782
to send up1884
1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. xi. 170 The master of the inn..sent up the bill by the waiter.
1884 Graphic 29 Nov. 578/3 Gerald..sent up his name to Lord Whitby.
3. To send (a bill) from the Commons to the Lords. Also gen.
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society > law > legislation > make (laws) or establish as law [verb (transitive)] > send bill to Lords
to send up1832
1832 C. C. F. Greville Mem. 6 Apr. (1874) II. 282 That could not be now in the Bill, as it was sent up from the Commons.
1920 Act 10 & 11 George V c. 67 § 17 If..any Public Bill..is sent up to the Senate of Southern Ireland..at least one month before the end of the session.
4. Public Schools. To send (a boy) to the headmaster (a) for reward, (b) for punishment.
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society > education > educational administration > school administration > [verb (transitive)] > reward
to send up1821
society > education > educational administration > school administration > [verb (transitive)] > punishment
to send up1857
impose1887
1821 Salt-Bearer (Eton Coll.) 129 He more than once had the honour of being ‘sent up for good’, i.e. having his verses read over by the head master as particularly worthy of commendation.
1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxxv. 338 I remember poor Shelley at school being sent up for good for a copy of verses.
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. vii. 168 ‘What if we're late?’ said Tom. ‘No tea, and sent up to the Doctor,’ answered East.
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. vii. 360 He sent me up to be flogged for it.
1881 C. E. Pascoe Everyday Life in our Public Schools 322 Sent up, Eton. An honour due usually to distinction in verses.
1881 C. E. Pascoe Everyday Life in our Public Schools 323 The Head Master exercised the power of sending up ‘for play’, which was counted as three times ‘sent up for good’. Every third occasion of being sent up for good the boy could claim a book from the Head.
5. To put in prison.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > imprison [verb (transitive)]
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prison?c1225
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quod1819
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carcerate1839
to send down1840
jug1841
slough1848
to send up1852
to put away1859
warehouse1881
roundhouse1889
smug1896
to bang up1950
1852 ‘N. Buntline’ Myst. & Miseries N.Y. (new ed.) iii. 7 (Farmer) They'd blow on me for some of my work, and I'd be sent up.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 30 Apr. 10/1 Only two prisoners, men, occupied the prison-van... Burns was being ‘sent up’ for wife-beating, and Tannahill for theft.
6. To pass (one's plate, cup, etc.) up the table for another helping.
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1856 Punch 12 July 18/2 A Vulgar Error.—That it is not allowed at a City dinner to send up twice for Turtle Soup!
7. Logging. (See quot.)
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1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xi. 82 He was engaged in ‘sending up’: that is he was one of the two men who stand at either side of the skids to help the ascending log keep straight and true to its bed on the pile.
1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 46 Send-up man, that member of a loading crew who guides the logs up the skids. Send up, to, in loading, to raise logs up skids with cant hooks, or by steam or horse power.
8. To mock, make fun of (a person or thing); to parody.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > ridicule or mock by specific means [verb (transitive)] > ridicule or mock by imitation
mocka1616
buffoon1638
mimic1671
burlesque1676
parody1733
caricature1749
to take off1750
travesty1825
grotesque1875
cartoon1884
spoof1927
to send up1931
1931 T. R. G. Lyell Slang, Phrase & Idiom Colloq. Eng. 673 The last time he came in, he was sent up unmercifully by half the room.
1957 ‘N. Blake’ End of Chapter 68 Who's Johnnie Ray? He's—go on! you're sending me up!
1962 John o' London's 29 Nov. 506/3 The effect..is as if he is attempting to ‘send up’ the whole picture.
1969 Times 13 Dec. p. v/2 These represented the British sense of humour, our genius for sending ourselves up, but they seem to me rather to be reinforcements of such attitudes.
1977 P. G. Winslow Witch Hill Murder ii. xvii. 220 I wasn't sending you up the other night. I was afraid.
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/sɛnd/, U.S. /sɛnd/ Nautical. in extended use.1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign i. 19 All day and all night we go rocking and pitching, rolling and ‘scending’ along in the creaking, groaning old coach.
a. (See quot. a1625.)
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society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > rise and fall
lifta1400
heave and set1509
surge1511
loom1605
senda1625
pitcha1687
tittup1881
society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > pitch and roll
travaila1393
totterc1400
walterc1400
labour1587
senda1625
to bruise the water1836
stagger1840
pant1869
to walk turkey1888
pound1903
slam1958
a1625 H. Mainwaring Nomenclator Navalis (Harl. 2301) When a shipp falls (whether under saile or at Anchor) with her head or with her sterne deepe into the Trough of the Sea it is said she Sends much either a sterne or a head.
1691 W. Petty Treat. Naval Philos. in T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 122 An uneven and unlevel keel drooping forwards, or sending aft.
1691 W. Petty Treat. Naval Philos. in T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 127 What makes her pitch and scend too much.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Sending, the act of pitching precipitately into the hollow or interval, between two waves.
1794 J. H. Moore New Pract. Navigator (ed. 10) 286 She sands or sends. When the ship's head or stern falls deep in the trough of the sea.
1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. ii. 97 She sended forward, heavily and sickly, on the long swell.—She never rose to the opposite heave of the sea again.
b. Apparently misapplied from incorrect notion of the etymology.
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1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 'Scending (from ascend), the contrary motion to pitching.
1889 J. J. Welch Text Bk. Naval Archit. iii. 50 The motion is termed..pitching or 'scending according as the bow of the ship moves downward and the stern upward or vice versâ.
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