Upsend

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The ability to send up, or transmit. uncountable

    "The Trans-Vista 2000 offers Mosler options like upsend capability, automatic carrier return and fast, accurate customer identification."

Verb
  1. 1
    To send, cast, or throw up; deliver; submit. archaic, transitive

    "And now upsend afar a deaf'ning shout [...]"

  2. 2
    To ascend; climb up. Scotland, US, intransitive

    "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."

Example

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"And now upsend afar a deaf'ning shout [...]"

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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