n. [ D. wild wild + beeste beast. ] (Zool.) The gnu. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Become wild. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
An old garden plant escaped and wilded. J. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Long lost and wildered in the maze of fate. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Again the wildered fancy dreams
Of spouting fountains, frozen as they rose. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A plant growing in a state of nature; especially, one which has run wild, or escaped from cultivation. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment. [ 1913 Webster ]
And snatched her breathless from beneath
This wilderment of wreck and death. Moore. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. wildernesse, wilderne, probably from AS. wildor a wild beast; cf. D. wildernis wilderness. See Wilder, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The wat'ry wilderness yields no supply. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]
These paths and bowers doubt not but our joint hands.
Will keep from wilderness with ease. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]