Send — Defs

01 v. t. To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.

imp. & p. p. Sent; p. pr. & vb. n. Sending

1.
To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.
“I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran.” — Jer. xxiii. 21.

“I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.” — John viii. 42.

“Servants, sent on messages, stay out somewhat longer than the message requires.” — Swift.
2.
To give motion to; to cause to be borne or carried; to procure the going, transmission, or delivery of; as, to send a message.
“He . . . sent letters by posts on horseback.” — Esther viii. 10.

“O send out thy light an thy truth; let them lead me.” — Ps. xliii. 3.
3.
To emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, to send a ball, an arrow, or the like.
4.
To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; -- sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.
“The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke.” — Deut. xxviii. 20.

“And sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.” — Matt. v. 45.

“God send your mission may bring back peace.” — Sir W. Scott.

02 v. i. To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.

1.
To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.
“See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head?” — 2 Kings vi. 32.
2.
To pitch; as, the ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts.(Naut.)

Phrases & compounds

To send for — to request or require by message to come or be brought.

03 n. The impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily.