Synonyms for wend


Grammar : Verb
Spell : wend
Phonetic Transcription : wɛnd


Définition of wend

Origin :
  • "to proceed on," Old English wendan "to turn, go," from Proto-Germanic *wandijanan (cf. Old Saxon wendian, Old Norse venda, Old Frisian wenda, Dutch wenden, German wenden, Gothic wandjan "to turn"), causative of Old English windan "to turn, twist" (see wind (v.)), from root *wand-, *wend- "turn." Surviving only in to wend one's way, and in hijacked past tense form went.
  • verb proceed
  • verb change
Example sentences :
  • "I could not call the fellow out," says the judge, as they wend their way into King street.
  • Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams
  • If that hand is cold in death, then henceforth I wend my ways alone.
  • Extract from : « Eric Brighteyes » by H. Rider Haggard
  • However, he determined to wend his way to the inn and reprove him for his negligence.
  • Extract from : « A Coin of Edward VII » by Fergus Hume
  • He therefore shut the valve and began to wend his way back to the ladder.
  • Extract from : « Under the Waves » by R M Ballantyne
  • Even a Chaucer (so it is said) could make nothing of us as we wend our way to Brighton.
  • Extract from : « Obiter Dicta » by Augustine Birrell
  • Now we will wend homeward to allay the anxiety of thy mother.
  • Extract from : « In Doublet and Hose » by Lucy Foster Madison
  • So glad to Norroway back they wend, That the matter be brought to a happy end.
  • Extract from : « Finnish Arts » by Anonymous
  • He found the staircase, and began to wend upwards to the bell-chamber.
  • Extract from : « Sea-Dogs All! » by Tom Bevan
  • It was only natural then that Kophetua should wend his way to the beggars' quarter.
  • Extract from : « Kophetua the Thirteenth » by Julian Corbett
  • Then they remounted the cart to wend towards the Place de Grve.
  • Extract from : « Princes and Poisoners » by Frantz Funck-Brentano

Antonyms for wend

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