English Dictionary: sentään | by the DICT Development Group |
5 results for sentään | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sent \Sent\, v. & n. See {Scent}, v. & n. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sent \Sent\, obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of {Send}, for sendeth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sent \Sent\, imp. & p. p. of {Send}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Send \Send\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sending}.] [AS. sendan; akin to OS. sendian, D. zenden, G. senden, OHG. senten, Icel. senda, Sw. s[84]nda, Dan. sende, Goth. sandjan, and to Goth. sinp a time (properly, a going), gasinpa companion, OHG. sind journey, AS. s[c6][?], Icel. sinni a walk, journey, a time. W. hynt a way, journey, OIr. s[?]t. Cf. {Sense}.] 1. To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger. 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. [bd]God send him well![b8] --Shak. 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. |