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Tended vs Wended - What's the difference?

tended | wended |

As verbs the difference between tended and wended

is that tended is past tense of tend while wended is past tense of wend.

tended

English

Verb

(head)
  • (tend)

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    tend

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) tenden, from (etyl) . Related to (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l), (l), (l) * (l), (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To kindle; ignite; set on fire; light; inflame; burn.
    • Derived terms
    * (l), (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) *.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (legal, Old English law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
  • (followed by a to infinitive) To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain characteristic.
    • They tend to go out on Saturdays.
    It tends to snow here in winter.
    Usage notes
    * In sense 2. this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. * See
    Derived terms
    * tendency

    See also

    * be given to

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) . More at (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.)
    • We need to tend to the garden, which has become a mess.
  • To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard.
    • Shepherds tend their flocks.
  • * Emerson
    • There's not a sparrow or a wren, / There's not a blade of autumn grain, / Which the four seasons do not tend / And tides of life and increase lend.
  • To wait (upon), as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Was he not companion with the riotous knights / That tend upon my father?
  • (obsolete) To await; to expect.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (obsolete) To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
  • * Chapman
    • Being to descend / A ladder much in height, I did not tend / My way well down.
  • (nautical) To manage (an anchored vessel) when the tide turns, to prevent it from entangling the cable when swinging.

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    wended

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wend)

    • wend

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To turn; change.
  • To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way.
    • We wended our weary way westward.
  • * Surrey
    • Great voyages to wend .
  • (obsolete) To turn; make a turn; go round; veer.
    • (Sir Walter Raleigh)
  • (obsolete) To pass away; disappear; depart; vanish.

    • Usage notes

    The modern past tense of (m) is (m). Originally it was (m), similarly to pairs such as (m)/(m), (m)/(m), (m)/(m), (m)/(m), or (m)/(m). However, (m) was long ago co-opted as the past tense of (m) (replacing (etyl) (m)) and using it as the past tense of (m) is now considered archaic.

    Synonyms

    * to betake oneself

    Related terms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, UK, legal) A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit.
    • (Burrill)

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