Wend




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Wend \Wend\, n. (O. Eng. Law)
A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit. [Obs.]
--Burrill.
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Wends \Wends\, n. pl.; sing. Wend. (Ethnol.)
A Slavic tribe which once occupied the northern and eastern
parts of Germany, of which a small remnant exists.
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Wend \Wend\ (w[e^]nd), obs.
p. p. of Wene. --Chaucer.
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Wend \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[aum]nda, Dan. vende,
Goth. wandjan. See Wind to turn, and cf. Went.]
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1. To go; to pass; to betake one's self. "To Canterbury they
wend." --Chaucer.
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To Athens shall the lovers wend. --Shak.
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2. To turn round. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
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Wend \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.
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wend
v 1: direct one's course or way; "wend your way through the
crowds"

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