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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