What does went mean?
Went means simple past of go.
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/wɛnt/ · verb
simple past 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.
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.
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.
But here my wearie teeme, nigh over spent, / Shall breathe it selfe awhile after so long a went.
Use went when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Went means simple past of go.
Common synonyms include gaed, eode, yead, yede.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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