Complete Definition of "wend"

see|Wend
English

Pronunciation
rhymes|�nd

Verb
en-verb|wends|wending|wended or archaic went

  1. transitive|or|intransitive To go or proceed along some course or way.

#: We wended our weary way westward

Usage notes
The modern past tense of term|wend is term|wended. Originally it was term|went, however that has come to be the past tense of term|go, and using it as the past tense of term|wend is now considered archaic.

References
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