Deeper Dive: went

went imperfect or past participle 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's unabridged 1913





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