upsend

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Definition of upsend

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (archaic, transitive)To send, cast, or throw up; deliver; submit.
    “And now upsend afar a deaf'ning shout [...]”
    “Hermes and Earth and Thou, Monarch of Hades, do ye now His spirit to the light upsend; [...]”
    “Down and down, but the corky sea upsends me to the light again, and there under my hand is rock, a port in the storm, a little peaking black rock that no main mariner has struck before me, nor map ever charted, just a single black basalt rock, [...]”
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verb

  1. (archaic, transitive)To send, cast, or throw up; deliver; submit.
    “And now upsend afar a deaf'ning shout [...]”
    “Hermes and Earth and Thou, Monarch of Hades, do ye now His spirit to the light upsend; [...]”
    “Down and down, but the corky sea upsends me to the light again, and there under my hand is rock, a port in the storm, a little peaking black rock that no main mariner has struck before me, nor map ever charted, just a single black basalt rock, [...]”
  2. (Scotland, US, intransitive)To ascend; climb up.
    “But when the sun of the fifth day had risen, The Keepers of the Faith, upon a pyre Built near the council-house, with solemn rites Burnt the White Dog, upsending with the smoke The message of their loyalty and thanks.”

noun

  1. (uncountable)The ability to send up, or transmit.
    “The Trans-Vista 2000 offers Mosler options like upsend capability, automatic carrier return and fast, accurate customer identification.”
    “For example, with a variety of upsend and downsend customer units, and upsend and downsend teller units, we can mix-and-match standard components to create the custom configuration designed to best meet your unique operational […]”

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Etymology

From Middle English upsenden, equivalent to up- + send. Cognate with Scots upsend (“to ascend”), Dutch opzenden (“to redirect, forward”), Low German upsenden (“to send up, deliver (mail)”), Swedish uppsända (“to offer up”).

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