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wend

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

wendp. p. 
     p. p. of Wene.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
wendv. i. [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. vända, Dan. vende, Goth. wandjan. See Wind to turn, and cf. Went.].
  •  To go; to pass; to betake one's self.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
    "To Athens shall the lovers wend."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To turn round.  Sir W. Raleigh.  [1913 Webster]
wendv. t. 
     To direct; to betake; -- used chiefly in the phrase to wend one's way. Also used reflexively.  Surrey.  [1913 Webster]
wendn. 
     A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit.  Burrill.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

wend, n. a member of a Slavic people of N. Germany, now inhabiting E. Saxony.

Derivative
Wendic adj. Wendish adj.
Etymology
G Wende f. OHG Winida, of unkn. orig.
wend, v.tr. & intr. literary or archaic go.

Idiom
wend one's way make one's way.
Etymology
OE wendan turn f. Gmc, rel. to WIND(2)

ROGET THESAURUS

wend

Journey

VB travel, journey, course, take a journey, go a journey, take a walk, go out for walk, have a run, take the air, flit, take wing, migrate, emigrate, trek, rove, prowl, roam, range, patrol, pace up and down, traverse, scour the country, traverse the country, peragrate, circumambulate, perambulate, nomadize, wander, ramble, stroll, saunter, hover, go one's rounds, straggle, gad, gad about, expatiate, walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare, promenade, trudge, tramp, stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle, paddle, tread a path, take horse, ride, drive, trot, amble, canter, prance, fisk, frisk, caracoler, caracole, gallop, embark, board, set out, hit the road, get going, get underway, peg on, jog on, wag on, shuffle on, stir one's stumps, bend one's steps, bend one's course, make one's way, find one's way, wend one's way, pick one's way, pick one's way, thread one's way, plow one's way, slide, glide, coast, skim, skate, march in procession, file on, defile, go to, repair to, resort to, hie to, betake oneself to.


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