upsend
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
Definition of upsend
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(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
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(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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(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
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(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 […]”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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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