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Webster 1913 Edition


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.

Went

,
Noun.
Course; way; path; journey; direction.
[Obs.]
β€œAt 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Went

WENT

, pret. of the obsolete verb wend. We now arrange went in grammar as the preterit of go, but in origin it has no connection with it.