foresend

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verb

To send before; send beforehand.

OriginMiddle English *foresenden ← Old English foresendan →
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Meanings

verbforesend (third-person singular simple present foresends, present participle foresending, simple past and past participle foresent)

present singular third person foresends · participle present foresending · participle past foresent · past foresent · alternative forsend

  1. transitiveTo send before; send beforehand.

    I presume to foresend my wife's maid with her linen, as the state of the city occasioneth me thereunto by increase of deaths, which many fear and flee.

    1885, Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Walter Rye, Report on the manuscripts of the family of Gawdy

Origin

  1. Old Englishforesendan“to send before”
  2. Middle English*foresenden
  3. Englishforesend

From Middle English *foresenden (compare biforesenden), from Old English foresendan (“to send before”), equivalent to fore- + send.

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Anagrams

defensor
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foresend,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foresend.

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