'Sending' definitions:
Definition of 'sending'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of causing something to go (especially messages)
Definition of 'Sending'
From: GCIDE
- Send \Send\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sent; p. pr. & vb. n. Sending.] [AS. sendan; akin to OS. sendian, D. zenden, G. senden, OHG. senten, Icel. senda, Sw. s[aum]nda, Dan. sende, Goth. sandjan, and to Goth. sinp a time (properly, a going), gasinpa companion, OHG. sind journey, AS. s[imac]?, Icel. sinni a walk, journey, a time. W. hynt a way, journey, OIr. s?t. Cf. Sense.]
- 1. To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger. [1913 Webster]
- I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. --Jer. xxiii. 21. [1913 Webster]
- I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. --John viii. 42. [1913 Webster]
- Servants, sent on messages, stay out somewhat longer than the message requires. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To give motion to; to cause to be borne or carried; to procure the going, transmission, or delivery of; as, to send a message. [1913 Webster]
- He . . . sent letters by posts on horseback. --Esther viii. 10. [1913 Webster]
- O send out thy light an thy truth; let them lead me. --Ps. xliii. 3. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, to send a ball, an arrow, or the like. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; -- sometimes followed by a dependent proposition. "God send him well!" --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke. --Deut. xxviii. 20. [1913 Webster]
- And sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. --Matt. v. 45. [1913 Webster]
- God send your mission may bring back peace. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]