About The Word Wend
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Wend
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What's The Definition Of Wend?
[v] direct one's course or way
Synonyms | Synonyms for Wend: Related Terms | Find terms related to Wend: See Also | go | locomote | move | travel Wend In Webster's Dictionary \Wend\, obs.
p. p. of {Wene}. --Chaucer.
\Wend\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wended}, Obs. {Went}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wending}.] [AS. wendan to turn, to go, caus. of windan to wind; akin to OS. wendian, OFries. wenda, D. wenden to turn, G. wenden, Icel. venda, Sw. v["a]nda, Dan. vende, Goth. wandjan. See {Wind} to turn, and cf. {Went}.] 1. To go; to pass; to betake one's self. ``To Canterbury they wend.'' --Chaucer. To Athens shall the lovers wend. --Shak. 2. To turn round. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh. \Wend\, v. t. To direct; to betake; -- used chiefly in the phrase to wend one's way. Also used reflexively. ``Great voyages to wend.'' --Surrey. \Wend\, n. (O. Eng. Law) A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit. [Obs.] --Burrill. |
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