rewendv.
/ˌriːˈwɛnd/, U.S. /riˈwɛnd/ transitive. To wend (one's way) again; to pass back along (a route); (also intransitive) †to turn (obsolete).
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society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [verb (intransitive)]
to wend againeOE
i-cherrec1000
again-chareOE
again-comeOE
again-fareOE
again-goOE
eft-sithec1175
to turn againc1175
returna1325
attournec1386
turnc1390
recovera1393
repair?c1400
recourse?a1425
to go backc1425
resortc1425
revertc1475
renew1488
retour?1505
to make return1534
to turn back1538
retend1543
to come short home1548
regress1552
rejourna1556
revolt1567
revolve1587
repeal1596
recur1612
rewend1616
revene1656
to get back1664
to take back1674
1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale (Douce 170) (1888) i. iv. 44 Wheare in hee trottes, vnto the pathes farr ende, but theare, on thinder heeles, turnes to rewend.
1854 Anglo-Amer. Mag. 5 335/2 Cornelius, having formally made a tender of heart and hand, was civilly but pointedly rejected, and re-wended his way to Montreal.
1900 J. M. Morrison tr. G. Leopardi Poems 139 Thy neck..wilt droop, When it the well-known road Once more rewends.
2009 Wrap (Nexis) 22 May As he attempted to re-wend his way to the front of the plane, [he]..finally was forced to wait, and found himself confronted by a needy lady passenger.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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