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 6 definitions foundFrom WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: wend verb: direct one's course or way; "wend yoour way through the crowds" From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Wends \Wends\, noun pl.; sing. {Wend}. (Ethnol.) A Slavic tribe which once occupied the northern and eastern parts of Germany, of which a small remnant exists. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Wend \Wend\ (w[e^]nd), obs. p. p. of {Wene}. --Chaucer. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Wend \Wend\, verb (used without an object) [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. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Wend \Wend\, verb (used with an object) To direct; to betake; -- used chiefly in the phrase to wend one's way. Also used reflexively. ''Great voyages to wend.'' --Surrey. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Wend \Wend\, noun (O. Eng. Law) A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit. [Obs.] --Burrill. | |||
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