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upsend

upsend verb: to send, cast, or throw up; deliver; submit.

Verb

upsend (third-person singular simple present upsends, present participle upsending, simple past and past participle upsent)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To send, cast, or throw up; deliver; submit.
    • And now upsend afar a deaf'ning shout [...]1808, John Fitchett, Alfred, a poem
    • Hermes and Earth and Thou, Monarch of Hades, do ye now His spirit to the light upsend; [...]1873, Aeschylus, The Dramas of Aeschylus
  2. (Scotland, US, intransitive) To ascend; climb up.
    • But when the sun of the fifth day had risen, The Keepers of the Faith, upon a pyre Built near the council-house, with solemn rites Burnt the White Dog, upsending with the smoke The message of their loyalty and thanks.1919, Harry Lyman Koopman, Hesperia: an American national poem

Noun

upsend (uncountable)

  1. The ability to send up, or transmit.
    • The Trans-Vista 2000 offers Mosler options like upsend capability, automatic carrier return and fast, accurate customer identification.1982, American Bankers Association, ABA banking journal
    • For example, with a variety of upsend and downsend customer units, and upsend and downsend teller units, we can mix-and-match standard components to create the custom configuration designed to best meet your unique operational […]2008, Independent banker, Independent Bankers Association of America

Forms of upsend

third-person singular presentupsends
present participleupsending
past participleupsent
pastupsent

Origin of upsend

From Middle English upsenden, equivalent to up- + send. Cognate with Scots upsend (“to ascend”), Dutch opzenden (“to redirect, forward”), Low German upsenden (“to send up, deliver (mail)”), Swedish uppsända (“to offer up”).

Questions about upsend

What does upsend mean?
Upsend means to send, cast, or throw up; deliver; submit.
What part of speech is upsend?
Upsend can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of upsend?
The past tense of upsend is upsent.

Words near upsend in the dictionary

  1. upsell
  2. upseller
  3. upsellers
  4. upselling
  5. upsells
  6. upsend
  7. upsending
  8. upsends
  9. upsent
  10. UPSer
  11. UPSers

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