Went

Pronunciation

• IPA: /wÉ›nt/
• Rhymes: -É›nt

Origin

Originally the past tense of wend.

Full definition of went

Verb

1. went

   (simple past of go)
2. (nonstandard) Past participle of go
3. (archaic)

   went

   (past of wend)

Derived terms

• wentest, wenteth both archaic

Noun

1. (obsolete) A course; a way, a path; a journey.
• ChaucerAt 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.

Anagrams

• newt