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foresend

foresend verb: to send before; send beforehand.

Verb

foresend (third-person singular simple present foresends, present participle foresending, simple past and past participle foresent)

  1. (transitive) To send before; send beforehand.
    • I presume to foresend my wife's maid with her linen, as the state of the city occasioneth me thereunto by increase of deaths, which many fear and flee.1885, Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Walter Rye, Report on the manuscripts of the family of Gawdy

Forms of foresend

third-person singular presentforesends
present participleforesending
past participleforesent
pastforesent
alternative formforsend

Origin of foresend

From Middle English *foresenden (compare biforesenden), from Old English foresendan (“to send before”), equivalent to fore- + send.

Questions about foresend

What does foresend mean?
Foresend means to send before; send beforehand.
What part of speech is foresend?
Foresend is a verb.
What is the past tense of foresend?
The past tense of foresend is foresent.

Words near foresend in the dictionary

  1. foreseest
  2. foreseeth
  3. foreseize
  4. foreseized
  5. foreseizing
  6. foresend
  7. foresending
  8. foresends
  9. foresense
  10. foresensed
  11. foresenses

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