'To send for' definitions:

Definition of 'To send for'

From: GCIDE
  • Send \Send\, v. i.
  • 1. To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand. [1913 Webster]
  • See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? --2 Kings vi. 32. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Naut.) To pitch; as, the ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
  • To send for, to request or require by message to come or be brought. [1913 Webster]

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