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Literary notes about send (AI summary)

The word “send” in literature is remarkably versatile, functioning both in its literal and metaphorical senses. In some texts it denotes the physical dispatch of tangible items or messages—ranging from heartfelt congratulations and gifts ([1]) to electronic communication instructions ([2], [3]) and even dispatching troops to a mission ([4], [5]). In other instances, “send” carries a more abstract or command-like nuance: it is used to issue orders or summon someone, as seen in dramatic appeals to authority or fate ([6], [7], [8]). Additionally, its use can evoke emotional or symbolic significance, suggesting divine intervention or the transmission of goodwill, as observed in biblical narratives ([9], [10]) and epic poetry ([11]). Through these varied applications, “send” becomes a dynamic tool that bridges the concrete with the imaginative across different literary genres.
  1. I want to send you something more than good wishes and so enclose a little New Year's gift to you, with my love and earnest prayers for your success.
    — from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) by Ida Husted Harper
  2. Send email to LISTSERV@TEMPLEVM.BITNET with the text SUB HELP-NET yourfirstname
    — from The Online World by Odd De Presno
  3. For a list of SPECIAL INTERNET CONNECTIONS, send email to bbslist@aug3.augsburg.edu.
    — from The Online World by Odd De Presno
  4. But foreseeing what was likely to happen, he very prudently embarked them in detachments, and did not send them all in one voyage.
    — from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius
  5. Accordingly they resolved to put some men on board a boat, and send them without a herald's wand to the Athenians, as an experiment.
    — from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
  6. Here stand, my lords, and send discoverers forth To know the numbers of our enemies.
    — from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
  7. “Sire,” said the queen, “I can send for them to the Louvre, where they are, and thus your Majesty’s wishes will be complied with.”
    — from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
  8. Relent, therefore, O hero, it behoveth thee not to send me away.
    — from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1
  9. To Artaxerxes the king, thy servants, the men that are on this side of the river, send greeting.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  10. And he told us how he had seen an angel in his house, standing and saying to him: Send to Joppe and call hither Simon, who is surnamed Peter, 11:14.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  11. How many valiant sons, in early bloom, Has that cursed hand send headlong to the tomb!
    — from The Iliad by Homer

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