forthsend

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verb

To send forth; dispatch; send off.

OriginMiddle English *forthsenden ← Old English forþsendan →
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Meanings

verbforthsend (third-person singular simple present forthsends, present participle forthsending, simple past and past participle forthsent)

present singular third person forthsends · participle present forthsending · participle past forthsent · past forthsent

  1. archaictransitiveTo send forth; dispatch; send off.

    Forthsend my thoughts, to Venice on the sea; And dream of gondolas, and palace-pile, And shadowy figures sitting near to me; [...]

    1885, Robert Burleigh Campbell (mrs.), Palm leaves from Ceylon, and other poems
    1 more example

    Many thanks now in foresight for the care wherewith you have to forthsend me this post parcell, that I am waiting for with hurry (I have me pickled the ear ass on this word : avec impatience ! ). Forgive me.

    1904, The Book monthly

Origin

  1. Old Englishforþsendan“to send forth”
  2. Middle English*forthsenden
  3. Englishforthsend

From Middle English *forthsenden, from Old English forþsendan (“to send forth”), equivalent to forth- + send. Cognate with Dutch voortzenden (“to send forth”), German fortsenden (“to send forth, dispatch”).

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APA

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MLA

“forthsend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forthsend. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forthsend,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forthsend.

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