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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 mes…

A light thin stuff of silk. [Written also cendal, and sendal.] Chaucer. Wore she not a veil of twisted sendal embroidered with silver Sir W. Scott.

One who sends. Shak.

To deprive of an endowment, as a church. Gladstone.

The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments. [The] disendowment of the Irish Church. G. B. Smith.

Something sent by God; an unexpected acquisiton or piece of good fortune.

To send amiss or incorrectly.

To send again; as, to resend a message.

To send, cast, or throw up. As when some island situate afar . . . Upsends a smoke to heaven. Cowper.

l, faculty, talent. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren. Acts xi. 29. Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study. Bacon. The public men of England, with much of a peculiar kind of ability. Macaulay.

To send abroad. [Obs.] Bailey.

The act of sending abroad. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate. Beton . . . was accredited to the Court of France. Froude.

To render account to or for. I will . . . send him to answer thee. Shak.

warrant. William . . . ordered him to be put under arrest. Macaulay. [Our brother Norway] sends out arrests On Fortinbras; which he, in brief, obeys. Shak.

he same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men.

To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog. Send me, gods, a whole hog barbecued. Pope.

To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth; as, to beam forth light.

A vow; a promise. [Obs.] The time is come that I should send it her, if I keep the behest that I have made. Paston.

To have a special regard; to heed. [Obs.] Behold, I send an Angel before thee. . . . Beware of him, and obey his voice. Ex. xxiii. 20, 21.