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Summon someone, request that someone come, as in She sent for all the children when their father lay dying. [Late 1500s]

Order a delivery of something, as in The king sent for a bottle of wine. Also see send away, def. 2; send out, def. 2.

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Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
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Johnson knew that the proposals he was going to send to the Hill would be divisive.
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The girls send a cry for help…the situation of these girls is distressing.
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With the dispersal of the spores the cone shrivels up, and then the stems starts to send out green branches.
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Messa urges the king to send a new governor, and gives his advice as to the character of him who should be sent.
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But in the end his health gave way, and the Emperor himself wrote to Prince Eugne telling him to send the old warrior home.
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But the great number of Indians still unconverted demands many more missionaries, whom the king is urged to send.
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If I can rustle horses I'll send these two boys on home, with a note to the old man explaining how the play came up.
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