went

Etymology

Originally the simple past and past participle of wend, but now the past of go due to suppletion.

verb

  1. simple past of go
  2. (nonstandard) past participle of go
    When they arrived whither they were bent, / He made as if he farther would have went. / But they conſtrain'd him, ſaying, Night is near; / Abide with us; and ſo he tarry'd there. 1671, Elisha Coles, chapter 7, in ΧΡΙΣΤΟΛΟΓΙΑ: Or, a Metrical Paraphraſe on the Hiſtory of Our Lord and Saviour Jeſus Chriſt : Dedicated to His Univerſal Church, page 22
    I went from Filley's to Fitch's house, to talk of oxen; no one went with me; might have went to the mill; don,t remember whether I rode back to Laycock's or not to dinner. 1851, Douglas Nix, Report of the Great Conspiracy Case[…], Advertiser and Free Press, page 145
    I just sat around and watched, then decided to go see Safid; we planned to study that day, but first we had a good ride around town. We must have went fifteen miles, and Safid was ready to sit and study; we went to a little park and started working. 14 June 2010, Douglas Nix, Al-Qaeda Hunter, Xlibris, page 22
  3. (archaic) simple past and past participle of wend

noun

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

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