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wend

Pronunciation: /wɛnd/

The English word “wend” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way.
  2. To turn; change, to adapt.
  3. To turn; make a turn; go round; veer.
  4. To pass away; disappear; depart; vanish.

noun

  1. A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit.

Etymology

From Middle English wenden, from Old English wendan (“to turn, change, translate”), from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan, from Proto-Germanic *wandijaną (“to turn”), causative of *windaną (“to wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid”). Cognate with Dutch wenden (“to turn”), German wenden (“to turn, reverse”), Danish vende (“to turn”), Norwegian Bokmål vende (“to turn”),…

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