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Wrought


WROUGHT, preterit tense and participle passive of work. raut.

1. Worked; formed by work or labor; as wrought iron.

2. Effected; performed.

She hath wrought a good work upon me. Matthew 26:10.

3. Effected; produced. He wrought the public safety. A great change was wrought in his mind.

This wrought the greatest confusion int he unbelieving Jews.

4. Used in labor.

The elders of that city shall take a heifer that hath not been wrought with. Deuteronomy 21:3.

5. Worked; driven; as infection wrought out of the body. [Not used.]

6. Actuated.

Vain Morat, by his own rashness wrought--

7. Worked; used; labored in. The mine is still wrought

8. Formed; fitted.

He that hath wrought us for the self-same thing is God. 2 Corinthians 5:5.

9. Guided; managed. [Not used.]

10. Agitated; disturbed.

My dull brain was wrought with things forgot.

WROUGHT on or upon, influenced; prevailed on. His mind was wrought upon by divine grace.

WROUGHT to or up to, excited; inflamed. Their minds were wrought up to a violent passion. She was wrought up to the tenderest emotion of pity.