send forth

verb

To emit; to produce; to let out

OriginMiddle English *forthsenden ← Old English forþsendan →
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Meanings

verbsend forth (third-person singular simple present sends forth, present participle sending forth, simple past and past participle sent forth)

present singular third person sends forth · participle present sending forth · participle past sent forth · past sent forth

  1. archaicliterarytransitiveTo emit; to produce; to let out

    She shuddered and was silent, holding down her head on her husband's breast. When she raised it, his white nightrobe was stained with blood where her lips had touched, and where the thin open wound in the neck had sent forth drops.

    1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
emitlaunch forth

Origin

  1. Old Englishforþsendan
  2. Middle English*forthsenden
  3. Englishsend forth

Reanalysis of earlier forthsend, from Middle English *forthsenden, from Old English forþsendan.

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APA

send forth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/send%20forth

MLA

“send forth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/send%20forth. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “send forth,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/send%20forth.

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