to send for

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Send \Send\, v. i.
   1. To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or
      to do an errand.
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            See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take
            away my head?                         --2 Kings vi.
                                                  32.
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   2. (Naut.) To pitch; as, the ship sends forward so violently
      as to endanger her masts. --Totten.
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   {To send for}, to request or require by message to come or be
      brought.
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