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!"

Shak.

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.

Send (?), v. i. 1. To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a

message, or to do an errand.

See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head?

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