(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:23:11

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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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