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send (v.)

Old English sendan "send, send forth; throw, impel," from Proto-Germanic *sond- (source also of Old Saxon sendian, Old Norse and Old Frisian senda, Middle Low German and Middle Dutch senden, Dutch zenden, German senden, Gothic sandjan), causative form of base *sinþan, denoting "go, journey" (source of Old English sið "way, journey," Old Norse sinn, Gothic sinþs "going, walk, time"), from PIE root *sent- "to head for, go" (source also of Lithuanian siųsti "send;" see sense (n.)).

Also used in Old English of divine ordinance (as in godsend, from Old English sand "messenger, message," from Proto-Germanic *sandaz "that which is sent"). Slang sense of "to transport with emotion, delight" is recorded from 1932, in American English jazz slang.

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Definitions of send from WordNet

send (v.)
cause to go somewhere;
She sent her children to camp
The explosion sent the car flying in the air
Synonyms: direct
send (v.)
to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place;
He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept
Synonyms: send out
send (v.)
cause to be directed or transmitted to another place;
send me your latest results
Synonyms: mail / post
send (v.)
transport commercially;
Synonyms: transport / ship
send (v.)
assign to a station;
Synonyms: station / post / place
send (v.)
transfer;
The spy sent the classified information off to Russia
Synonyms: get off / send off
send (v.)
cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution;
Synonyms: commit / institutionalize / institutionalise / charge
send (v.)
broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television;
Synonyms: air / broadcast / beam / transmit
From wordnet.princeton.edu