wrought

Meaning

Adj

Having been worked or prepared somehow.

Verb

1. (archaic, form-of, participle, past, rare) simple past and past participle of work
2. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of wreak

work

• Noun
• Verb

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wreak

• Verb
• Noun

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Synonyms

manufactured

shaped

worked

hammered

made

molded

refined

fabricated

fashioned

finished

forge

formed

formulated

created

sized

cultivated

tooled

ornamented

perfected

polished

processing

carved

discipline

embellished

excited

exercise

Translations

lavorato

gergin

bearbeitet

funktionieren

forjado

trabajado

ferràto

forgé

bardado

κατεργασμένο

bardé de fer

gearbeitet

labrado

repujado

sinirli

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɔːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Old English: wyrċan

Cognate with Dutch: gewrocht

Cognate with Low German: wracht

In summary

The past participle of Middle English werken (“to work”), from Old English wyrċan (past tense worhte, past participle ġeworht), from Proto-West Germanic *wurkijan, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”). Doublet of worked.
Cognate with wright (as in wheelwright etc.), Dutch gewrocht, archaic past participle of werken (archaic past tense wrocht), Low German wracht, archaic past participle of warken (archaic past tense wrach, archaic past participle wracht).