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god⋅send

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–noun
an unexpected thing or event that is particularly welcome and timely, as if sent by God.
Origin:
1805–15; earlier God's send, var. (by influence of send 1 ) of God's sond or sand, ME Godes sand (sand OE: message, service)
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god·send   (gŏd'sěnd')   
n.  Something wanted or needed that comes or happens unexpectedly.

[Alteration of Middle English goddes sand, God's message : goddes, genitive of God, God; see god + sand, message (from Old English; see sent- in Indo-European roots).]
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Word Origin & History

godsend 
1814, "a wreck," from God's send, from God (q.v.) + M.E. sande "that which is sent, message." Sense of "happy chance" is from 1831.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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