Meaning of WEND
Pronunciation: | | wend
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| Definition: | | [v] direct one's course or way |
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| See Also: | | go, locomote, move, travel | |
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\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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