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Wends vs Pends - What's the difference?

wends | pends |

As a noun wends

is .

As a verb pends is

(pend) (to delay or wait on action).

wends

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

    Noun

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

    References

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    pends

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pend) (To delay or wait on action)
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    pend

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To hang down.
  • (obsolete, Scotland) To arch over (something); to vault.
  • To hang; to depend.
  • * I. Taylor
  • pending upon certain powerful motions

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard.
  • Etymology 2

    Compare .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To pen; to confine.
  • * Udall
  • Pended within the limits of Greece.

    Etymology 3

    Back-formation from (pending).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).
  • *1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 817:
  • *:The latest list of detainees would be pended and they would be allowed to return to their homes on a temporary basis.
  • Etymology 4

    Noun

    (-)
  • (India) oil cake
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