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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.]
“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.

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.

Definition 2024

went

went

English

Verb

went

  1. simple past tense of go
  2. (nonstandard) past participle of go
  3. (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of wend

Derived terms

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Most common English words before 1923: every · think · life · #131: went · back · under · same

Noun

went ‎(plural wents)

  1. (obsolete) A course; a way, a path; a journey.
    • Chaucer
      At a turning of a wente.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.5:
      But here my wearie teeme, nigh over spent, / Shall breathe it selfe awhile after so long a went.

Synonyms

Anagrams

Breton

Noun

went

  1. Soft mutation of gwent.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Verb

went

  1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of wennen
  2. (archaic) plural imperative of wennen

Scots

Verb

went

  1. simple past tense of gan

Etymology

Originally the past tense of wend.

Pronunciation

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