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Grammar : Adj
Spell : sent
Phonetic Transcription : sɛnt



Definition of sent

Origin :
  • Old English sendan "send, send forth; throw, impel," from Proto-Germanic *sandijan (cf. 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" (cf. Lithuanian siusti "send;" see sense (n.)).
  • Also used in Old English of divine ordinance (e.g. 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.
  • adj shipped
Example sentences :
  • As for this new edict, it will prove a rebounding arrow, striking him who sent it.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • And don't you say to any one else that I ever seen him or sent you there.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • I know all about that, and who was the means of having him sent away.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • What a dangerous character you'd be if you were sent to match silks!
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • You've sent Briggs off, and I've all that packing and unpacking to do.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • I afterward sold their horse, and sent them the balance of the proceeds.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • Kate's anxieties, when she at last hinted them to Malbone, only sent him further into revery.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Sent her back her letters—with a tickler to herself on her conduct.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • It was sent back then to the lords, and finally passed by them.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • He sent up to beg leave to wait upon me—I wonder at his assurance—!
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

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