Meaning

2 senses

  1. (archaic, transitive)To work in or into.

  2. (archaic, intransitive)To work or operate within.

Origin

From in- + work. Compare Dutch inwerken (“to affect, orient”), German einwirken (“to influ

From in- + work. Compare Dutch inwerken (“to affect, orient”), German einwirken (“to influence, impinge”).

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Forms

inworks, inworking, inwrought, inwrought
Base forminwork · to inwork
3rd person singularinworks
Present participleinworking
Past simpleinwrought / inworked
Past participleinwrought / inworked

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyinwork
he, she, itinworks

Past simpleLesson

all personsinwrought

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave inwrought
he, she, ithas inwrought

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill inwork

Word family

2 related words
Derivedinworkinginwrought

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
inwardinwardlyiodineion
inwork — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto