Went

Went

Went is a surname and may refer to:
* Frits Went (1863-1935), Dutch botanist
* Frits Warmolt Went (1903-1990), Dutch biologist
* Johanna Went, US Performance Artist
* John Stewart Went (1944-), Anglican Bishop of Tewkesbury
* Joseph J. Went (1930-), General, US Marine Corps
* Paul Went (1949-), English footballer

ee also

* Wend


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  • went — (wĕnt) v. ▸ Past tense of GO(Cf. ↑go)1. ╂ [Middle English, from Old English wende, past tense and past participle of wendan, to go.] Word History: Why do we say went and not goed? Go has always had an unusual past tense, formed from a completely… …   Word Histories

  • Went — Went, n. Course; way; path; journey; direction. [Obs.] At a turning of a wente. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] But here my weary team, nigh overspent, Shall breathe itself awhile after so long a went. Spenser. [1913 Webster] He knew the diverse went of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Went — Went, imp. & p. p. of {Wend}; now obsolete except as the imperfect of go, with which it has no etymological connection. See {Go}. [1913 Webster] To the church both be they went. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • went — [went] [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: From the old past tense of wend] the past tense of ↑go …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • went — past tense of GO (Cf. go); originally past tense and pp. of WEND (Cf. wend). The original past tense forms of wend were wende, wended, but variants wente, went developed from c.1200 and began to replace older past tenses of go. By c.1500 they… …   Etymology dictionary

  • went — [went] vi., vt. [old pt. of WEND, used to replace missing form of GO1] pt. of GO1 …   English World dictionary

  • went — /went/, v. 1. pt. of go. 2. Nonstandard. a pp. of go1. 3. Archaic. a pt. and pp. of wend. * * * …   Universalium

  • went — the past tense of go1 …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Went — Go Go, v. i. [imp. {Went} (w[e^]nt); p. p. {Gone} (g[o^]n; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Going}. Went comes from the AS, wendan. See {Wend}, v. i.] [OE. gan, gon, AS. g[=a]n, akin to D. gaan, G. gehn, gehen, OHG. g[=e]n, g[=a]n, SW. g[*a], Dan. gaae; cf …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • WENT — Infobox Radio station name = WENT city = Gloversville, New York area = Albany branding = slogan = Your Information Station airdate = frequency = 1340 kHz format = News Talk Information power = 1,000 watts unlimited erp = haat = class = C facility …   Wikipedia

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