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wrought

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wrought  (rôt)
v.
A past tense and a past participle of work.
adj.
1. Put together; created: a carefully wrought plan.
2. Shaped by hammering with tools. Used chiefly of metals or metalwork.
3. Made delicately or elaborately.

[Middle English wroght, from Old English geworht, past participle of wyrcan, to work; see werg- in Indo-European roots.]

wrought [rawt]
Verb
Old-fashioned a past of work
Adjective
Metallurgy shaped by hammering or beating: wrought copper and brass
USAGE: Wrought is sometimes used as if it were the past tense and past participle of wreak, as in the hurricane wrought havoc in coastal areas. Many people think this use is incorrect.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.wrought - shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort); "a shaped handgrip"; "the molded steel plates"; "the wrought silver bracelet"
formed - having or given a form or shape
Translations

wrought [rɔːt] adj wrought iron → hierro forjado
wrought [rɔːt] adj wrought iron → fer forgé
wrought [rɔːt] adj wrought iron → Schmiedeeisen nt
wrought [rɔːt] adj wrought iron → ferro battuto


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207-215) And on the shield was a harbour with a safe haven from the irresistible sea, made of refined tin wrought in a circle, and it seemed to heave with waves.
By thus appearing before the springtime you have not only killed yourself, but you have wrought my destruction also.
AN Itinerant Preacher who had wrought hard in the moral vineyard for several hours whispered to a Holy Deacon of the local church:
 
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