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sende

sende is the obsolete spelling of send.

Meaning of send

Verb

send (third-person singular simple present sends, present participle sending, simple past sent, past participle sent or (nonstandard) sended)

  1. (ditransitive, transitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
    • Every day at two o'clock, he sends his secretary out to buy him a coffee.
  2. (slang, transitive) To get one going; move to excitement or rapture; to delight or thrill.
    • I don't know what it is, but this music really sends me.
  3. (Internet, transitive) To amuse greatly or otherwise stun by absurdity.
    • In news that has absolutely sent me this spooky season, the owners of the literal Amityville Horror House (yep, *that* one with all the murders) have taken it upon themselves to decorate for Halloween.2020 October 13, Lavender Baj, “I’m Obsessed With The Painfully Mediocre Halloween Decorations At The IRL Amityville House”, in Pedestrian
  4. (transitive) To bring to a certain condition, to drive.
    • “I suppose,” blurted Clara suddenly, “she wants a man.”
      The other two were silent for a few moments.
      “But it’s the loneliness sends her cracked,” said Paul.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 9”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
  5. (intransitive, usually) To dispatch an agent or messenger to find and return with a specified person or thing.
    • Seeing how ill she was, we sent for a doctor at once.
    Synonyms:
    call
  6. (archaic, sometimes, transitive) To bestow; to grant.
    • God send him well!c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Questions about sende

What is sende the obsolete spelling of?
Sende is the obsolete spelling of send.

Words near sende in the dictionary

  1. Sendakian
  2. sendal
  3. sendaline
  4. sendalines
  5. sendals
  6. sende
  7. sended
  8. sendee
  9. sendees
  10. Sendejas
  11. Sendejases

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sende (page history and authors); send (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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