wend

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnd

[edit] Etymology

Middle English wenden from Old English wendan "to turn, go", causative of windan "to wind". Akin to Old Frisian wenda, Old Saxon wendian, Old Norse venda (“‘to wend, to turn’”) (Danish vende), German wenden (“‘to turn’”) and Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wandjan).

[edit] Verb

to wend (third-person singular simple present wends, present participle wending, simple past and past participle wended or archaic went)

1. (transitive or intransitive) To go or proceed along some course or way.

   We wended our weary way westward

2. to direct (oneself), pursue one's way

[edit] Usage notes

The modern past tense of wend is wended. Originally it was went. However, went has come to be the past tense of go, and using it as the past tense of wend is now considered archaic.

[edit] Synonyms

• to betake oneself

[edit] References

• wend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913