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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Went  \Went\, 
  imp.  &  p.  p.  of  {Wend};  --  now  obsolete  except  as  the 
  imperfect  of  go  with  which  it  has  no  etymological 
  connection.  See  {Go}. 
 
  To  the  church  both  be  they  went  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Went  \Went\,  n. 
  Course;  way  path;  journey;  direction.  [Obs.]  ``At  a  turning 
  of  a  wente.''  --Chaucer. 
 
  But  here  my  weary  team,  nigh  overspent,  Shall  breathe 
  itself  awhile  after  so  long  a  went  --Spenser. 
 
  He  knew  the  diverse  went  of  mortal  ways.  --Spenser. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Go  \Go\,  v.  i.  [imp.  {Went}  (w[e^]nt);  p.  p.  {Gone}  (g[o^]n; 
  115);  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Going}.  Went  comes  from  the  AS 
  wendan  See  {Wend},  v.  i.]  [OE.  gan,  gon,  AS  g[=a]n,  akin  to 
  D.  gaan,  G.  gehn,  gehen,  OHG.  g[=e]n,  g[=a]n,  SW  g[*a],  Dan. 
  gaae;  cf  Gr  kicha`nai  to  reach,  overtake,  Skr.  h[=a]  to  go 
  AS  gangan,  and  E.  gang.  The  past  tense  in  AS.,  eode,  is  from 
  the  root  i  to  go  as  is  also  Goth.  iddja  went  [root]47a.  Cf 
  {Gang},  v.  i.,  {Wend}.] 
  1.  To  pass  from  one  place  to  another;  to  be  in  motion;  to  be 
  in  a  state  not  motionless  or  at  rest;  to  proceed;  to 
  advance;  to  make  progress;  --  used  in  various 
  applications,  of  the  movement  of  both  animate  and 
  inanimate  beings,  by  whatever  means  and  also  of  the 
  movements  of  the  mind;  also  figuratively  applied. 
 
  2.  To  move  upon  the  feet,  or  step  by  step;  to  walk;  also  to 
  walk  step  by  step,  or  leisurely. 
 
  Note:  In  old  writers  go  is  much  used  as  opposed  to  run,  or 
  ride.  ``Whereso  I  go  or  ride.''  --Chaucer. 
 
  You  know  that  love  Will  creep  in  service  where  it 
  can  not  go  --Shak. 
 
  Thou  must  run  to  him  for  thou  hast  staid  so  long 
  that  going  will  scarce  serve  the  turn.  --Shak. 
 
  He  fell  from  running  to  going,  and  from  going  to 
  clambering  upon  his  hands  and  his  knees. 
  --Bunyan. 
 
  Note:  In  Chaucer  go  is  used  frequently  with  the  pronoun  in 
  the  objective  used  reflexively;  as  he  goeth  him  home. 
 
  3.  To  be  passed  on  fron  one  to  another;  to  pass;  to 
  circulate;  hence  with  for  to  have  currency;  to  be  taken 
  accepted,  or  regarded. 
 
  The  man  went  among  men  for  an  old  man  in  the  days  of 
  Saul.  --1  Sa  xvii. 
  12. 
 
  [The  money]  should  go  according  to  its  true  value. 
  --Locke. 
 
  4.  To  proceed  or  happen  in  a  given  manner;  to  fare;  to  move 
  on  or  be  carried  on  to  have  course;  to  come  to  an  issue 
  or  result;  to  succeed;  to  turn  out 
 
  How  goes  the  night,  boy  ?  --Shak. 
 
  I  think,  as  the  world  goes,  he  was  a  good  sort  of 
  man  enough.  --Arbuthnot. 
 
  Whether  the  cause  goes  for  me  or  against  me  you 
  must  pay  me  the  reward.  --I  Watts. 
 
  5.  To  proceed  or  tend  toward  a  result,  consequence,  or 
  product;  to  tend;  to  conduce;  to  be  an  ingredient;  to 
  avail;  to  apply;  to  contribute;  --  often  with  the 
  infinitive;  as  this  goes  to  show 
 
  Against  right  reason  all  your  counsels  go  --Dryden. 
 
  To  master  the  foul  flend  there  goeth  some  complement 
  knowledge  of  theology.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  6.  To  apply  one's  self  to  set  one's  self  to  undertake. 
 
  Seeing  himself  confronted  by  so  many  like  a 
  resolute  orator,  he  went  not  to  denial,  but  to 
  justify  his  cruel  falsehood.  --Sir  P. 
  Sidney. 
 
  Note:  Go  in  this  sense  is  often  used  in  the  present 
  participle  with  the  auxiliary  verb  to  be  before  an 
  infinitive,  to  express  a  future  of  intention,  or  to 
  denote  design;  as  I  was  going  to  say  I  am  going  to 
  begin  harvest. 




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