Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

send forth

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables: send -forth
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To emit; to produce; to let out

Archaic; Literary; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"She shuddered and was silent, holding down her head on her husband's breast. When she raised it, his white nightrobe was stained with blood where her lips had touched, and where the thin open wound in the neck had sent forth drops."

Etymology

Reanalysis of earlier forthsend, from Middle English *forthsenden, from Old English forþsendan.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *forthsenden, forþsendan

Usage

Inflected Forms

sends forth (present, singular) sending forth (participle, present) sent forth (participle, past) sent forth (past)

Questions

What does send forth mean?: To emit; to produce; to let out
Where does send forth come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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