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  • verb archaic Second-person singular past form of send

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sent + -est

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Examples

  • I have beaten them, I excuse myself to them and comfort them and give them to eat and drink; and they have remained shut up, nor did any of the creatures of Allah know of them, till thou sentest to me

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Then thou sentest him back to fetch me and them; so I answered with ‘Hearkening and obedience,’ and brought them before thee, whereupon thou questionedst me and I told thee the truth of the case; and this is my history.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • “O my lady, this is only the answer to the letter thou sentest to that merchant dog.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • And know, O my father, with assured knowledge, that I consent to marry, but on condition that thou give me to wife her who lay by my side this night; for I am certain it was thou sentest her to me and madest me in love with her and then despatchedst a message to her before the dawn and tookest her away from beside me.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • So, from that time to this, I have never left them a single night unbeaten during the reign of Al – Mahdi; and when he deceased and thou camest to the succession, thou sentest to me, confirming me in the government of Bassorah.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Quoth she, “Thou sentest to me yesternight men who tempted me to evil, and I have been in sore annoy with them.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Quoth she, By Allah, he would set no price on it, but gave me back the money thou sentest by me and swore that he would take naught thereof, saying,

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • “O my lord,” I replied, “when thou sentest me to the house, I found that the saloon wall had given way and had fallen like a layer upon my mistress and her children!”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • A few words to the verbal information thou sentest me last night concerning thy poor old man; and then I rise from my seat, shake myself, refresh, new-dress, and so to my charmer, whom, notwithstanding her reserves, I hope to prevail upon to walk out with me on the Heath this warm and fine morning.

    Clarissa Harlowe 2006

  • And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

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