Definitions for: Wend


[v] direct one's course or way



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: go, locomote, move, travel

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