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sending forth

sending forth is the present participle and gerund of send forth.

Meaning of send forth

Verb

send forth (third-person singular simple present sends forth, present participle sending forth, simple past and past participle sent forth)

  1. (archaic, literary, transitive) To emit; to produce; to let out
    • She shuddered and was silent, holding down her head on her husband's breast. When she raised it, his white nightrobe was stained with blood where her lips had touched, and where the thin open wound in the neck had sent forth drops.1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC

Questions about sending forth

What is sending forth the present participle and gerund of?
Sending forth is the present participle and gerund of send forth.

Words near sending forth in the dictionary

  1. sending below
  2. sending down
  3. sending down for
  4. sending for
  5. sending for a toss
  6. sending forth
  7. sending in
  8. sending it
  9. sending it up the flagpole and seeing who salutes
  10. sending off
  11. sending offs

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