Etymology

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#FORTHSENDCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#FORTHSEND *forthsenden, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#FORTHSENDCategory:English terms derived from Old English#FORTHSEND forþsendan (“to send forth”), equivalent to forth- +‎ sendCategory:English terms prefixed with forth-#SEND. Cognate with Dutch voortzenden (“to send forth”), German fortsenden (“to send forth, dispatch”).

Verb

forthsend (third-person singular simple present forthsends, present participle forthsending, simple past and past participle forthsent)Category:English lemmas#FORTHSENDCategory:English verbs#FORTHSENDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FORTHSENDCategory:Pages with entries#FORTHSENDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#FORTHSEND

1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#FORTHSEND, archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#FORTHSEND) To send forth; dispatch; send off.
   • 1885, Robert Burleigh Campbell (mrs.), Palm leaves from Ceylon, and other poems:

     Forthsend my thoughts, to Venice on the sea; And dream of gondolas, and palace-pile, And shadowy figures sitting near to me; [...]

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   • 1904, The Book monthly:

     Many thanks now in foresight for the care wherewith you have to forthsend me this post parcell, that I am waiting for with hurry (I have me pickled the ear ass on this word : avec impatience ! ). Forgive me.

Anagrams

• send forth