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wrought definition

wrought (rôt)

intransitive verb, transitive verb

work

Etymology: ME wrogt, altered < worgt, pp. of weorken < OE wyrcan, to work

adjective

  1. formed; fashioned
  2. shaped by hammering or beating: said of metals
  3. elaborated with care
  4. decorated; ornamented

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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