Wan"der (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Wandered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Wandering.] [OE. wandren, wandrien, AS.
wandrian; akin to G. wandern to wander; fr. AS. windan
to turn. See Wind to turn.]
1. To ramble here and there without any certain
course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to
rove; as, to wander over the fields.
They wandered about in sheepskins and
goatskins.
Heb. xi. 37.
He wandereth abroad for bread.
Job
xv. 23.
2. To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate;
to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.
When God caused me to wander from my father's
house.
Gen. xx. 13.
O, let me not wander from thy
commandments.
Ps. cxix. 10.
3. To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of
reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders.
Syn. -- To roam; rove; range; stroll; gad; stray; straggly; err;
swerve; deviate; depart.
Wan"der, v. t. To travel over without a
certain course; to traverse; to stroll through. [R.] "[Elijah]
wandered this barren waste." Milton.
Wan"der (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Wandered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Wandering.] [OE. wandren, wandrien, AS.
wandrian; akin to G. wandern to wander; fr. AS. windan
to turn. See Wind to turn.]
1. To ramble here and there without any certain
course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to
rove; as, to wander over the fields.
They wandered about in sheepskins and
goatskins.
Heb. xi. 37.
He wandereth abroad for bread.
Job
xv. 23.
2. To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate;
to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.
When God caused me to wander from my father's
house.
Gen. xx. 13.
O, let me not wander from thy
commandments.
Ps. cxix. 10.
3. To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of
reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders.
Syn. -- To roam; rove; range; stroll; gad; stray; straggly; err;
swerve; deviate; depart.
Wan"der, v. t. To travel over without a
certain course; to traverse; to stroll through. [R.] "[Elijah]
wandered this barren waste." Milton.
