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   Wend , obs. p. p. of Wene.
   Chaucer.
   
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   Wend, v. i. [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. vända, Dan. vende, Goth. wandjan.  See Wind to turn, and cf. Went.]
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   To go; to pass; to betake one's self.  “To Canterbury they wend.”  
   Chaucer.
   
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   To Athens shall the lovers wend.
   Shak.
   
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   To turn round.  [Obs.]
   Sir W. Raleigh.
   
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   Wend, v. t. To direct; to betake; -- used chiefly in the phrase to wend one's way. Also used reflexively.  “Great voyages to wend.”  
   Surrey.
   
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   Wend, n. (O. Eng. Law) A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit.  [Obs.]
   Burrill.
   
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