[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

work \work\ w^urk, v. i. imp.  p. p. worked w^urkt,
   or wrought raddt; p. pr.  vb. n. working. as.
   wyrcean imp. worthe, wrohte, p. p. geworht, gewroht; akin
   to ofries. werka, wirka, os. wirkian, d. werken, g. wirken,
   icel. verka, yrkja, orka, goth. wa'urkjan. root145. see
   work, n.
   1913 webster
   1. to exert one's self for a purpose; to put forth effort for
      the attainment of an object; to labor; to be engaged in
      the performance of a task, a duty, or the like.
      1913 webster

            o thou good kent, how shall i live and work,
            to match thy goodness?                --shak.
      1913 webster

            go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw
            be given you.                         --ex. v. 18.
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            whether we work or play, or sleep or wake,
            our life doth pass.                   --sir j.
                                                  davies.
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   2. hence, in a general sense, to operate; to act; to perform;
      as, a machine works well.
      1913 webster

            we bend to that the working of the heart. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. hence, figuratively, to be effective; to have effect or
      influence; to conduce.
      1913 webster

            we know that all things work together for good to
            them that love god.                   --rom. viii.
                                                  28.
      1913 webster

            this so wrought upon the child, that afterwards he
            desired to be taught.                 --locke.
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            she marveled how she could ever have been wrought
            upon to marry him.                    --hawthorne.
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   4. to carry on business; to be engaged or employed
      customarily; to perform the part of a laborer; to labor;
      to toil.
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            they that work in fine flax . . . shall be
            confounded.                           --isa. xix. 9.
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   5. to be in a state of severe exertion, or as if in such a
      state; to be tossed or agitated; to move heavily; to
      strain; to labor; as, a ship works in a heavy sea.
      1913 webster

            confused with working sands and rolling waves.
                                                  --addison.
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   6. to make one's way slowly and with difficulty; to move or
      penetrate laboriously; to proceed with effort; -- with a
      following preposition, as down, out, into, up, through,
      and the like; as, scheme works out by degrees; to work
      into the earth.
      1913 webster

            till body up to spirit work, in bounds
            proportioned to each kind.            --milton.
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   7. to ferment, as a liquid.
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            the working of beer when the barm is put in.
                                                  --bacon.
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   8. to act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a
      cathartic.
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            purges . . . work best, that is, cause the blood so
            to do, . . . in warm weather or in a warm room.
                                                  --grew.
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   to work at, to be engaged in or upon; to be employed in.

   to work to windward naut., to sail or ply against the
      wind; to tack to windward. --mar. dict.
      1913 webster
see also:
worked wrought working work to work at to work to windward 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wrought \wrought\,
   imp.  p. p. of work; as, what hath god wrought?.
   1913 webster

   note: in 1837, samuel f. b. morse, an american artist,
         devised a working electric telegraph, based on a rough
         knowledge of electrical circuits, electromagnetic
         induction coils, and a scheme to encode alphabetic
         letters. he and his collaborators and backers
         campaigned for years before persuading the federal
         government to fund a demonstration. finally, on may 24,
         1844, they sent the first official long-distance
         telegraphic message in morse code, "what hath god
         wrought," through a copper wire strung between
         washington, d.c., to baltimore, maryland. the phrase
         was taken from the bible, numbers 23:23. it had been
         suggested to morse by annie ellworth, the young
         daughter of a friend. --library of congress, american
         memories series
         http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/may24.html.
         pjc

               alas that i was wrought created --chaucer.
         1913 webster

   note: the word wrought is sometimes assumed to be the past
         tense of wreak, as the phrases

   wreak havoc and

   wrought havoc are both commonly used. in fact,

   wrought havoc is not as common as

   wreaked havoc. whether wrought is considered as the past
      tense of wreak or of work,

   wrought havoc has essentially the same meaning, encouraging
      the confusion. etymologically, however, wrought is only
      the past tense of work.
      pjc

            wrought and wreaked havoc
            recently, we mentioned that something had wreaked
            havoc with our pc. we were fairly quickly corrected
            by someone who said, "shouldn't that be wrought
            havoc?" the answer is no, because either wreaked or
            wrought is fine here. a misconception often arises
            because wrought is wrongly assumed to be the past
            participle of wreak. in fact wrought is the past
            participle of an early version of the word work
            wreak comes from old english wrecan "drive out,
            punish, avenge", which derives ultimately from the
            indo-european root wreg- "push, shove, drive, track
            down". latin urgere "to urge" comes from the same
            source, giving english urge. interestingly, wreak is
            also related to wrack and wreck. the phrase wreak
            havoc was first used by agatha christie in 1923.
            wrought, on the other hand, arose in the 13th
            century as the past participle of wirchen, old
            english for "work". in the 15th century worked came
            into use as the past participle of work, but wrought
            survived in such phrases as finely-wrought,
            hand-wrought, and, of course, wrought havoc . . . .
            havoc, by the way, comes from anglo-french havok,
            which derived from the phrase crier havot "to cry
            havoc". this meant "to give the army the order to
            begin seizing spoil, or to pillage". it is thought
            that this exclamation was germanic in origin, but
            that's all that anyone will say about it the
            destruction associated with pillaging came to be
            applied metaphorically to havoc, giving the word its
            current meaning.
                                                  --the
                                                  institute for
                                                  etymological
                                                  research and
                                                  education
                                                  http://www.takeourword.com/issue048.html
      pjc
see also:
work wreak havoc wrought havoc wreaked havoc 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wrought \wrought\, a.
   1. worked; elaborated; not rough or crude.
      1913 webster

   2. shaped by beating with a hammer; as, wrought iron.
      pjc

   wrought iron. see under iron.
      1913 webster
see also:
wrought iron iron 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

wrought
     adj : 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" syn: shaped, molded
see also:
shaped molded 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

work
     n 1: activity directed toward making or doing something; "she
          checked several points needing further work"
     2: a product produced or accomplished through the effort or
        activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not
        regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the
        symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was
        indebted to the pioneering work of john dewey"; "the work
        of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or
        water over time" syn: piece of work
     3: the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for
        employment"; "a lot of people are out of work" syn: employment
     4: applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject
        especially by reading; "mastering a second language
        requires a lot of work"; "no schools offer graduate study
        in interior design" syn: study
     5: the total output of a writer or artist or a substantial
        part of it; "he studied the entire wagnerian oeuvre";
        "picasso's work can be divided into periods" syn: oeuvre,
         body of work
     6: a place where work is done; "he arrived at work early today"
        syn: workplace
     7: physics a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy
        from one physical system to another expressed as the
        product of a force and the distance through which it moves
        a body in the direction of that force; "work equals force
        times distance"
     v 1: exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose
          or out of necessity; "i will work hard to improve my
          grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions
          for the poor" ant: idle
     2: be employed; "is your husband working again?"; "my wife
        never worked"; "do you want to work after the age of 60?";
        "she never did any work because she inherited a lot of
        money"; "she works as a waitress to put herself through
        college" syn: do work
     3: have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or
        expected; "the voting process doesn't work as well as
        people thought"; "how does your idea work in practice?";
        "this method doesn't work"; "the breaks of my new car act
        quickly"; "the medicine works only if you take it with a
        lot of water" syn: act
     4: perform as expected when applied; "the washing machine won't
        go unless it's plugged in"; "does this old car still run
        well?"; "this old radio doesn't work anymore" syn: function,
         operate, go, run ant: malfunction
     5: shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools";
        "process iron"; "work the metal" syn: work on, process
     6: give a work-out to; "some parents exercise their infants";
        "my personal trainer works me hard"; "work one's muscles"
        syn: exercise, work out
     7: proceed along a path; "work one's way through the crowd";
        "make one's way into the forest" syn: make
     8: operate in a certain place, area, or specialty; "she works
        the night clubs"; "the salesman works the midwest"; "this
        artist works mostly in acrylics"
     9: proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an
        activity; "work your way through every problem or task";
        "she was working on her second martini when the guests
        arrived"; "start from the bottom and work towards the top"
     10: move in an agitated manner; "his fingers worked with
         tension"
     11: cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "i cannot work
         a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a
         joke"; "the rain brought relief to the drought-stricken
         area" syn: bring, play, wreak, make for
     12: cause to work; "he is working his servants hard" syn: put
         to work
     13: prepare for crops; "work the soil"; "cultivate the land"
         syn: cultivate, crop
     14: behave in a certain way when handled; "this dough does not
         work easily"; "the soft metal works well"
     15: have and exert influence or effect; "the artist's work
         influenced the young painter"; "she worked on her friends
         to support the political candidate" syn: influence, act
         upon
     16: operate in or through; "work the phones"
     17: cause to operate or function; "this pilot works the
         controls"; "can you work an electric drill?"
     18: provoke or excite; "the rock musician worked the crowd of
         young girls into a frenzy"
     19: gratify and charm, usually in order to influence; "the
         political candidate worked the crowds"
     20: make something, usually for a specific function; "she molded
         the riceballs carefully"; "form cylinders from the
         dough"; "shape a figure"; "work the metal into a sword"
         syn: shape, form, mold, mould, forge
     21: move into or onto; "work the raisins into the dough"; "the
         student worked a few jokes into his presentation"; "work
         the body onto the flatbed truck"
     22: make uniform; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is
         soft" syn: knead
     23: use or manipulate to one's advantage; "he exploit the new
         taxation system"; "she knows how to work the system"; "he
         works his parents for sympathy" syn: exploit
     24: find the solution to a problem or question or understand
         the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "work out
         your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation
         isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "did
         you get my meaning?"; "he could not work the math
         problem" syn: solve, work out, figure out, puzzle
         out, lick
     25: cause to undergo fermentation; "we ferment the grapes for a
         very long time to achieve high alcohol content"; "the
         vintner worked the wine in big oak vats" syn: ferment
     26: go sour or spoil; "the milk has soured"; "the wine worked";
         "the cream has turned--we have to throw it out" syn: sour,
          turn, ferment
     27: arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "the
         stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt
         many times"
     also: wrought
see also:
piece of work employment study oeuvre body of work workplace 
idle do work act function operate 
go run malfunction work on process 
exercise work out make bring play 
wreak make for put to work cultivate crop 
influence act upon shape form mold 
mould forge knead exploit solve 
figure out puzzle out lick ferment sour 
turn wrought 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

wrought
     see work
see also:
work 

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