† forwendv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To turn into (something); to turn, incline, dispose.
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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)]
wendOE
forshapeOE
workOE
awendOE
makec1175
turna1200
forwenda1325
change1340
shape1362
transmewc1374
transposec1380
puta1382
convertc1384
exchangea1400
remue?a1400
makea1425
reduce?a1425
removec1425
resolvea1450
transvertc1450
overchangec1480
mew1512
transmutea1513
wring1524
reduct1548
transform1556
innovate1561
metamorphose1576
transume1579
metamorphize1587
transmove1590
transchangea1599
transfashion1601
deflect1613
fordo1624
entail1628
transmutate1632
distila1637
to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1637
transqualify1652
unconvert1654
simulate1658
spend1668
transverse1687
hocus-pocus1774
mutate1796
fancy1801
to change around1871
metamorphosize1888
catalyse1944
morph1996
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > tend or incline [verb (transitive)] > tend, lead, or conduce to
forwenda1325
tend1560
sway1570
affect1612
to trench on or upon1622
apta1640
predeterminea1667
to go far to1668
to run into ——1753
orient1952
tilt1976
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1121 So ist nu forwent mirie dale In-to dririhed.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 24728 We prai þat lauedi be for-wende þat we mai finde hir sone our frende.
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