Meaning

1 senses
  1. Having been worked or prepared somehow.

    Is that fence made out of wrought iron?

    bearbeitet, gefertigt, getrieben

    обрабо́танныйobrabótannyj, подгото́вленныйpodgotóvlennyj

More definitions
  • shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Our two brothers wrought their common death.

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  2. Gates of wrought iron are so beautiful.

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  3. Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

    deGroße Taten werden gewöhnlich aus großer Wagnis geboren.

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  4. More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.

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  5. At length they have wrought it out so as to pay the penalty.

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Translations

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Having been worked or prepared somehow:
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Having been worked or prepared somehow:

Origin

The past participle of Middle English worchen (“to work”), from Old English wyrċan (past t

The past participle of Middle English worchen (“to work”), from Old English wyrċan (past tense worhte, past participle (ġe)worht; cf. also the metathetic variant (ġe)wroht), from Proto-West Germanic *wurkijan, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”). Doublet of worked.

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Forms

more wrought, most wrought
Comparativemore wrought Lesson
Superlativemost wrought Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort):shapedmolded

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

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