to direct (one's course or way); travel: wend one's way home
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wend /wɛnd/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- to travel on or direct (one's way):to wend his way home.
wend
(wend),USA pronunciation v., wend•ed or ([Archaic]) went;
wend•ing.
v.t.
wend•ing.
v.t.
- to pursue or direct (one's way).
- to proceed or go.
- bef. 900; Middle English wenden, Old English wendan; cognate with Dutch, German wenden, Gothic wandjan, causative of -windan to wind2
v.i.
- Language Varietiesa member of a Slavic people of E Germany;
Sorb.
- German Wende, Old High German Winida; cognate with Old English Winedas (plural)
- 1780–90
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(esp in medieval European history) a Sorb; a member of the Slavonic people who inhabited the area between the Rivers Saale and Oder in the early Middle Ages and were conquered by Germanic invaders by the 12th century
See also Lusatia