upsend
English
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#UPSENDCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#UPSEND upsenden, equivalent to up- + sendCategory:English terms prefixed with 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”).
Pronunciation
Verb
upsend (third-person singular simple present upsends, present participle upsending, simple past and past participle upsent)Category:English lemmas#UPSENDCategory:English verbs#UPSENDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#UPSENDCategory:Pages with entries#UPSENDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#UPSEND
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#UPSEND, archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#UPSEND) To send, cast, or throw up; deliver; submit.
- 1808, John Fitchett, Alfred, a poem:
- And now upsend afar a deaf'ning shout [...]Category:English terms with quotations#UPSEND
- 1873, Aeschylus, The Dramas of Aeschylus:
- Hermes and Earth and Thou, Monarch of Hades, do ye now His spirit to the light upsend; [...]Category:English terms with quotations#UPSEND
- 1981, Doris May Lessing, Briefing for a Descent Into Hell:
- 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, [...]Category:English terms with quotations#UPSEND
- (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#UPSEND, USCategory:American English#UPSEND, ScotlandCategory:Scottish English#UPSEND) To ascend; climb up.
- 1919, Harry Lyman Koopman, Hesperia: an American national poem:
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#UPSEND
Noun
upsend (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#UPSENDCategory:English nouns#UPSENDCategory:English uncountable nouns#UPSENDCategory:English uncountable nouns#UPSENDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#UPSENDCategory:Pages with entries#UPSENDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#UPSEND
- The ability to send up, or transmit.
- Coordinate term: downsend
- 1982, American Bankers Association, ABA banking journal:
- The Trans-Vista 2000 offers Mosler options like upsend capability, automatic carrier return and fast, accurate customer identification.Category:English terms with quotations#UPSEND
- 2008, Independent banker, Independent Bankers Association of America:
- 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 […]Category:English terms with quotations#UPSEND