sender

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noun

a person or thing that sends.

a transmitter of electric pulses, as in telegraphy.

Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English; send¹, -er¹

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send¹ (sɛnd)

—vb (for;) , sends, sending, sent
1.	(tr) to cause or order (a person or thing) to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place: to send a letter; she sent the salesman away
2.	to dispatch a request or command (for something or to do something): he sent for a bottle of wine; he sent to his son to come home
3.	(tr) to direct or cause to go to a place or point: his blow sent the champion to the floor
4.	(tr) to bring to a state or condition: this noise will send me mad
5.	(tr; often foll by forth, out, etc) to cause to issue; emit: his cooking sent forth a lovely smell from the kitchen
6.	(tr) to cause to happen or come: misery sent by fate
7.	to transmit (a message) by radio, esp in the form of pulses
8.	slang (tr) to move to excitement or rapture: this music really sends me
9.	send someone about his business to dismiss or get rid of someone
10.	send someone packing to dismiss or get rid of (someone) peremptorily

—n
11.	another word for swash

[Old English sendan; related to Old Norse senda, Gothic sandjan, Old High German senten]

'sendable¹

—*adj*

'sender¹

—n

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