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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wend \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. v["a]nda, Dan. vende,
   Goth. wandjan. See {Wind} to turn, and cf. {Went}.]
   1. To go; to pass; to betake one's self. ``To Canterbury they
      wend.'' --Chaucer.

            To Athens shall the lovers wend.      --Shak.

   2. To turn round. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.

Wend \Wend\, obs.
   p. p. of {Wene}. --Chaucer.

Wend \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.

Wend \Wend\, n. (O. Eng. Law)
   A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit. [Obs.]
   --Burrill.

Wends \Wends\, n. pl.; sing. {Wend}. (Ethnol.)
   A Slavic tribe which once occupied the northern and eastern
   parts of Germany, of which a small remnant exists.

Source : WordNet®

wend
     v : direct one's course or way; "wend yoour way through the
         crowds"
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