sent /ˈsɛnt/
發出的,(vbl.)send的過去式和過去分詞
Send v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sent p. pr. & vb. n. Sending.]
1. To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. --Jer. xxiii. 21.
I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. --John viii. 42.
Servants, sent on messages, stay out somewhat longer than the message requires. --Swift.
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.
He . . . sent letters by posts on horseback. --Esther viii. 10.
O send out thy light an thy truth; let them lead me. --Ps. xliii. 3.
3. To emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, to send a ball, an arrow, or the like.
4. To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; -- sometimes followed by a dependent proposition. “God send him well!”
The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke. --Deut. xxviii. 20.
And sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. --Matt. v. 45.
God send your mission may bring back peace. --Sir W. Scott.
Sent v. & n. See Scent, v. & n. [Obs.]
Sent, obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Send, for sendeth.
Sent, imp. & p. p. of Send.
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sent
adj : caused or enabled to go or be conveyed or transmitted [ant:
unsent]
n : 100 senti equal 1 kroon
[also: senti (pl)]
send
v 1: cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in
the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed
all his energies into his dissertation" [syn: direct]
2: 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" [syn: send out]
3: cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send
me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when
it's written" [syn: mail, post]
4: transport commercially [syn: transport, ship]
5: assign to a station [syn: station, post, base, place]
6: transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to
Russia" [syn: get off, send off]
7: cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After
the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was
committed to prison" [syn: commit, institutionalize, institutionalise,
charge]
8: broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We
cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: air, broadcast, beam,
transmit]
[also: sent]
sent
See send
[also: senti (pl)]