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verb (used with object)
1.
to pursue or direct (one's way).
verb (used without object)
2.
to proceed or go.
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Wend
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is gorge. Does it mean:
| say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels |
| narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, esp. one through which a stream runs |
Origin:
before 900; Middle English wenden, Old English wendan; cognate with Dutch, German wenden, Gothic wandjan, causative of -windan to wind2
before 900; Middle English wenden, Old English wendan; cognate with Dutch, German wenden, Gothic wandjan, causative of -windan to wind2
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| Wend (wɛnd) | |
| —n | |
| See also Lusatia (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 | |
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Word Origin & History
wend
"to proceed on," O.E. wendan "to turn, go," from P.Gmc. *wandijanan (cf. O.S. wendian, O.N. venda, O.Fris. wenda, Du. wenden, Ger. wenden, Goth. wandjan "to turn"), causative of O.E. windan "to turn, twist" (see wind (v.)), from base *wand-, *wend- "turn." Surviving only in
EXPANDto wend one's way, and in hijacked past tense form went.
Wend
member of a Slavic people of eastern Germany, 1614 (implied in Wendish), from Ger. Wende, from O.H.G. Winida, related to O.E. Winedas "Wends," ult. from Celt. *vindo- "white."
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