What does "wend" mean?
Wend: To go; to pass; to betake one's self. "To Canterbury they wend." Chaucer. To Athens shall the lovers wend. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.To turn round. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
- 3.To direct; to betake;- used chiefly in the phrase to wend one's way. Also used reflexively. "Great voyages to wend." Surrey.
- 4.A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit. [Obs.] Burrill.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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