upsend

English

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”).

Verb

upsend (third-person singular simple present upsends, present participle upsending, simple past and past participle upsent)

1. (transitive, archaic) To send, cast, or throw up; deliver; submit.
   • 1808, John Fitchett, Alfred, a poem:

     And now upsend afar a deaf'ning shout [...]

   • 1873, Aeschylus, The Dramas of Aeschylus:

     Hermes and Earth and Thou, Monarch of Hades, do ye now His spirit to the light upsend; [...]

   • 1981, Doris May Lessing, Briefing for a Descent Into Hell:

     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, [...]

2. (intransitive, US, Scotland) To ascend; climb up.
   • 1919, Harry Lyman Koopman, Hesperia: an American national poem:

     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.

Noun

upsend (uncountable)

1. The ability to send up, or transmit.
   • 1982, American Bankers Association, ABA banking journal:

     The Trans-Vista 2000 offers Mosler options like upsend capability, automatic carrier return and fast, accurate customer identification.

   • 2008, Independent banker, Independent Bankers Association of America:

     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 […]

Anagrams

• ends up, send up, send-up, sendup, unsped, up-ends, upends