Etymology From Middle English upsenden, equivalent to 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”).
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Archaic To send, cast, or throw up; deliver; submit.
And now upsend afar a deaf'ning shout [...]1808, John Fitchett, Alfred, a poem:
Hermes and Earth and Thou, Monarch of Hades, do ye now His spirit to the light upsend; [...]1873, Aeschylus, The Dramas of Aeschylus:
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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, [...]1981, Doris May Lessing, Briefing for a Descent Into Hell:
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.1919, Harry Lyman Koopman, Hesperia: an American national poem:
upsend
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Etymology From Middle English upsenden, equivalent to 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”).
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The ability to send up, or transmit.
The Trans-Vista 2000 offers Mosler options like upsend capability, automatic carrier return and fast, accurate customer identification.1982, American Bankers Association, ABA banking journal:
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 […]2008, Independent banker, Independent Bankers Association of America: